Special Forces
2013 · Ambassador 210 · USA
- Artist
- Ray King
- Title
- Special Forces
- Release
- Major Todd (Of the Green Beret) / Special Forces
- Year
- 2013
- Label
- Ambassador # 210
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Major Todd (Of the Green Berets) & Special Forces (King, Ray) (Ambassador Records # 210). Same songs as Lonesome Valley Singers. Released on same group of record labels. Ray King most probably a member of that group. Patriotic, expressed loyalty to soldiers and support for government argument that they were protecting the US - domino theory - "fought...to protect the shores of the USA". Major Todd "Major Todd, Major Todd of the Green Berets / There's an officer I knew in Vietnam who wasn't scarred of any man / Before each battle he'd stand and say remember you're a Green Beret / We jumped one day into enemy land, and they were on us when we hit the sand / Bullets ring death from the snipers tree and Major Todd was next me... / We were sitting ducks and we couldn't stay, a heavy price we'd have to pay / Major Todd lying on his back shouted loud and clear, the word 'attack'... / The Green Beret began to move, their code of honour they had to prove / Major Todd was setting the pace, a look of defiance on his face / A motor round fell near our squad and brought down the defiant Major Todd / On lying there bleeding we could here him say 'carry on men, you're a Green Beret / We won the…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation
Major Todd (Of the Green Berets) & Special Forces (King, Ray) (Ambassador Records # 210). Same songs as Lonesome Valley Singers. Released on same group of record labels. Ray King most probably a member of that group. Patriotic, expressed loyalty to soldiers and support for government argument that they were protecting the US - domino theory - "fought...to protect the shores of the USA". Major Todd "Major Todd, Major Todd of the Green Berets There's an officer I knew in Vietnam who wasn't scarred of any man Before each battle he'd stand and say remember you're a Green Beret We jumped one day into enemy land, and they were on us when we hit the sand Bullets ring death from the snipers tree and Major Todd was next me... We were sitting ducks and we couldn't stay, a heavy price we'd have to pay Major Todd lying on his back shouted loud and clear, the word 'attack'... The Green Beret began to move, their code of honour they had to prove Major Todd was setting the pace, a look of defiance on his face A motor round fell near our squad and brought down the defiant Major Todd On lying there bleeding we could here him say 'carry on men, you're a Green Beret We won the battle, the station…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer