Johnny Freeno

There's a Long Long Trail

1966 · Verve VK-10398 · New York City, New York

There's a Long Long Trail – Johnny Freeno (A-side label)

Artist
Johnny Freeno
Title
There's a Long Long Trail
Release
There's a Long Long Trail / I'll Get By
Year
1966
Label
Verve # VK-10398
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
New York City, New York, USA
Songwriter
A. Elliott, S. King
Genre
Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
Primary theme
Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective

Annotation

There's a Long Long Trail (Freeno, Johnny) Traditional pop, soldier's perspective. War sound-effects. Originally written in 1913 for WW1, by Stoddard King & Alonzo "Zo" Elliott Lyrics update: soldier if KIA12Sources1Wikipedia: There's a Long Long Trail A-Winding↩2lyricsplayground.com↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Verve VK-10398-A (66-VK-236), "Special Disc Jockey Record"; "There's a Long Long Trail" (A. Elliott-S. King), 2:26, M. Witmark & Sons, ASCAP; arranged by Alan Lorber; MGM Records, a division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., made in U.S.A. [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes

Soldier's Perspective · K.I.A.

In collections

US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]