Then I'll Come Home Again
1966 · Mercury 72550 · USA
- Artist
- Dave Dudley
- Title
- Then I'll Come Home Again
- Release
- Viet Nam Blues / Then I'll Come Home Again
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Mercury # 72550
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Tom T. Hall
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Vietnam Blues (Dudley, Dave) (Mercury Records # 72550). - written by Kris Kristofferson, released originally by Jack Sanders - The Viet Nam Blues (Dot Records # 16766). (1) Then I'll Come Home Again (Dudley, Dave) - written by Tom T. Hall. "When I see the water come and clear beside a shore / When all the guns are silent and the sky is clear once more / When the bugles fill the air with victory's sweet song / That's when I'll come back home where I belong / Then I'll come home again, then I'll come home again / When I have done my duty in this foreign land / When I have fought and done my job for Uncle Sam... / When I see the flag of freedom flying over this land / When the people here are free to live their lives again / When the Captain tells me the battle has been won / Tell all my friends then I'll be coming home" Both featured on the 1966 patriotic, war concept album There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere (Mercury Records # MG 21 057). (2)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation
Vietnam Blues (Dudley, Dave) (Mercury Records # 72550). - written by Kris Kristofferson, released originally by Jack Sanders - The Viet Nam Blues (Dot Records # 16766). (1) Then I'll Come Home Again (Dudley, Dave) - written by Tom T. Hall. "When I see the water come and clear beside a shore When all the guns are silent and the sky is clear once more When the bugles fill the air with victory's sweet song That's when I'll come back home where I belong Then I'll come home again, then I'll come home again When I have done my duty in this foreign land When I have fought and done my job for Uncle Sam... When I see the flag of freedom flying over this land When the people here are free to live their lives again When the Captain tells me the battle has been won Tell all my friends then I'll be coming home" Both featured on the 1966 patriotic, war concept album There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere (Mercury Records # MG 21 057). (2)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
American country singer, born 3 May 1928 in Spencer, Wisconsin; known for truck-driving country and Vietnam-era hits ('What We're Fighting For', 'Vietnam Blues'); died 22 December 2003 in Danbury, Wisconsin. [Source: Wikipedia]