The Private
1967 · United Artists UA 50157 · USA
- Artist
- Del Reeves
- Title
- The Private
- Release
- The Private / Things Her Memory Makes
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- United Artists # UA 50157
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- C. Putman, J. Barlow
- Genre
- Country · Country Pop
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Private, The (Reeves, Del) United Artists Records # UA 50157 Country. Born 14 July 1932, Sparta, North Carolina. Died 1 January 2007, Centerville, Tennessee. Patriotic, reference to Vietnam, WW1, and the Civil War - connected the role of soldiers through American history. Billboard, 20 May 1967: "UA's Del Reeves' new record, The Private, is to be released to coincide with the observance of Memorial Day". (1) Reached # 33 in the Billboard Hot Country Singles on 29 July 1967. (2) "He's been the man in every war before Fought so brave and nearly froze at Valley Forge And in the big war he was the man And now in Vietnam we owe a lot to the private He has the courage of the knights of old He's America's strenght standing straight and bold With gun in hand he is a fightin' man A courageous man yes we owe a lot to the private He takes the gun and he points it straight Straight at the heart of the things that free man hates We owe a lot to the private He's some lonely girl's only sweetheart And he's some mother's only son And he's some father's greatest pride and joy Oh that great boy yes we owe a lot to the private"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Private, The (Reeves, Del) United Artists Records # UA 50157 Country. Born 14 July 1932, Sparta, North Carolina. Died 1 January 2007, Centerville, Tennessee. Patriotic, reference to Vietnam, WW1, and the Civil War - connected the role of soldiers through American history. Billboard, 20 May 1967: "UA's Del Reeves' new record, The Private, is to be released to coincide with the observance of Memorial Day". (1) Reached # 33 in the Billboard Hot Country Singles on 29 July 1967. (2) "He's been the man in every war before / Fought so brave and nearly froze at Valley Forge / And in the big war he was the man / And now in Vietnam we owe a lot to the private / He has the courage of the knights of old / He's America's strength standing straight and bold / With gun in hand he is a fightin' man / A courageous man yes we owe a lot to the private / He takes the gun and he points it straight / Straight at the heart of the things that free man hates / We owe a lot to the private / He's some lonely girl's only sweetheart / And he's some mother's only son / And he's some father's greatest pride and joy / Oh that great boy yes we owe a lot to the private"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
American country singer, born 14 July 1932 in Sparta, North Carolina ('The Private'); died 1 January 2007 in Centerville, Tennessee. [Source: Wikipedia]