Credited on the record as Janie Hemphill with The Tynsions.
Teenage Soldier Boy
1965 · Hemphill 1003 · USA
- Artist
- Janie Hemphill
- Credited on the record as
- Janie Hemphill with The Tynsions
- Title
- Teenage Soldier Boy
- Release
- Teenage Soldier Boy / Little Booga From Chattanooga
- Year
- 1965
- Label
- Hemphill # 1003
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Neal Hemphill
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Girl Group
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Teenage Soldier Boy (Hemphill, Janie) Hemphill Records # 1003. Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Distributed by Sound of Nashville. Composed Neil Hemphill. Janie Hemphill with The Tynsions From perspective of both a soldier and his sweetheart - each narrated a section. The soldier section contained a patriotic element. Soldier boy song. This letter was from you my teenage soldier boy Teenage soldier boy, my teenage soldier boy
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Teenage Soldier Boy (Hemphill, Janie) Hemphill Records # 1003. Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Distributed by Sound of Nashville. Composed Neil Hemphill. Janie Hemphill with The Tynsions From perspective of both a soldier and his sweetheart - each narrated a section. The soldier section contained a patriotic element. Soldier boy song.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: A postman came today and left your letter / I was so thrilled my heart was full of joy / The tears were in my eyes I started falling / This letter was from you my teenage soldier boy / Teenage soldier boy, my teenage soldier boy / I'm so in love with you, I don't know what to do / And wait until you return, and start our life anew / 'Hello Marie, I'm writing you this letter from hillside Vietnam / Its been six long weeks now since I've been away / I miss you dear and all the times we've had together / But I can't help it, I'm so far away from home / Tell all the gang that I said hello / And I hope that none will have to come to this awful place they call Vietnam... / Tell all the folks at home not to worry / For this job I'm on you see, has to be done / And I know that it won't be long before I come home / Teenage soldier boy, my teenage soldier boy / I'm so in love with you, I don't know what to do / And wait until you return, and start our life anew
Notes
Hemphill Records, Record No. 1003, matrix SoN 23801, "Promotional Copy"; "Teenage Soldier Boy" (Neal Hemphill), 2:36, Neal Hemphill Music, BMI; Janie Hemphill with The Tynsions; "Dist. by Sound of Nashville, Inc., 160 2nd Ave., S., Nashville, Tenn." [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Distrubution Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Themes
In collections
Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]