Soldier's Prayer in Viet Nam
1965 · Monument 45-912 · USA
- Artist
- Don Reno & Benny Martin
- Title
- Soldier's Prayer in Viet Nam
- Release
- Soldier's Prayer in Viet Nam / Five By Eight
- Year
- 1965
- Label
- Monument # 45-912
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
"Soldier's Prayer in Viet Nam" (Monument Records # 45-912). Also released on Antenna Records (# 6436). Collaboration between Don Reno & Benny Martin Country gospel music. Contained patriotic line: "fighting another war so we can still live in a land of freedom". However, mainly concerned with the plight of the soldier - narrated from soldier's perspective. Strong religious content. "I'm a captain in the United States army Over a company of soldiers over here in Vietnam I wonder if you folks back home think about us over here Or do you really realise that we are over here Fighting another war so we can still live in a land of freedom It made me stop and think last night when I passed a soldier's foxhole And suddenly found...a most humble and beautiful pray This little soldier was kneeling...I saw tears streaming down his face He said 'Dear God, I know I' unfit to talk to one as good as you I know I've knelt many times at church back home But it seemed like the right words wouldn't come I'm humble god, and I know your love is great enough to cover all And I'm scared god, and there's no one to help me but you God could you make people love one another again And care for the fellow…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
"Soldier's Prayer in Viet Nam" . Also released on Antenna Records (# 6436). Also released on (Monument Records # 45-912) Collaboration between Don Reno & Benny Martin Country gospel music. Contained patriotic line: "fighting another war so we can still live in a land of freedom". However, mainly concerned with the plight of the soldier - narrated from soldier's perspective. Strong religious content. "I'm a captain in the United States army / Over a company of soldiers over here in Vietnam / I wonder if you folks back home think about us over here / Or do you really realise that we are over here / Fighting another war so we can still live in a land of freedom / It made me stop and think last night when I passed a soldier's foxhole / And suddenly found...a most humble and beautiful pray / This little soldier was kneeling...I saw tears streaming down his face / He said 'Dear God, I know I' unfit to talk to one as good as you / I know I've knelt many times at church back home / But it seemed like the right words wouldn't come / I'm humble god, and I know your love is great enough to cover all / And I'm scared god, and there's no one to help me but you / God could you make people love…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Don Reno (born 21 February 1926, Spartanburg, South Carolina; died 16 October 1984, Charlottesville, Virginia) and Benny Martin (born 8 May 1928, Sparta, Tennessee; died 13 March 2001, Tennessee) were leading bluegrass instrumentalists - Reno a banjoist and Martin a fiddler - who recorded as a duo in the mid-1960s. "Soldier's Prayer in Viet-Nam" was cut at a session in the autumn of 1965 and issued on Antenna 6436 and Monument 45-912. [Source: Discogs; Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies; Wikipedia; Nashville press obituaries]