The Dynamic Hughes Gospel Singers
Credited on the record as The Dynamic Hughes Gospel Singers featuring Jerry Hughes.
Viet Nam
1971 · Designer 6913 · Memphis, Tennessee
- Artist
- The Dynamic Hughes Gospel Singers
- Credited on the record as
- The Dynamic Hughes Gospel Singers featuring Jerry Hughes
- Title
- Viet Nam
- Release
- Beautiful City / Viet Nam
- Year
- 1971
- Label
- Designer # 6913
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- Hughes & Griffin
- Genre
- Soul, Gospel & Funk · Gospel · Soul
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Another Civil Rights / Vietnam track, "Viet Nam" (Designer # 6913) by the Dynamic Hughes Gospel Singers, which came out of Memphis, Tennessee, noted that "in Vietnam" people were "fighting together to save the nation", whether black or white. Therefore, why was there continued racial conflict in the US? The narrator cried out at the end of the song: "no more segregation in this land". Interesting to note that it contained patriotic sentiment: "fighting together to save the nation".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — US Combat Perspective Songs
Another civil rights / Vietnam track, "Viet Nam" (Designer # 6913) by the Dynamic Hughes Gospel Singers, which came out of Memphis, Tennessee, noted that "in Vietnam" people were "fighting together to save the nation", whether black or white. Therefore, why was there continued racial conflict in the US? The narrator cried out at the end of the song: "no more segregation in this land".
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: I was talking to a friend of mine the other day / He was telling me about the condition of Vietnam / He looked at me with tears in his eyes as he said these words: / I'd just arrived in Vietnam, lord let me survive / Now here I am...fighting together to save the nation... / Oh different colours, fighting side-by-side, helping each other / We called out, together... / Lets talk about me and you... / Help the nation and work together / No more, no more, no more segregation in this land". I was talking to a friend of mine the other day / He was telling me about the condition of Vietnam / He looked at me with tears in his eyes as he said these words: / I'd just arrived in Vietnam, lord let me survive / Now here I am...fighting together to save the nation... / Oh different colours, fighting side-by-side, helping each other / We called out, together... / Lets talk about me and you... / Help the nation and work together / No more, no more, no more segregation in this land Allison and I, don't know what for / Allison died, for he went to war / Allison fought in a far distant land / Allison died in a field in Vietnam / The letter he wrote tell of the war / The fighting, the killing, we don't know what for / There was blood on the soil, and blood on the sand / Allison died in a field in Vietnam / Vietnam, Vietnam, Allison answered the call / Vietnam, Vietnam, they died for nothing at all / Why did we kill, can't be fun / If a man dies he's somebody's son / They've love him...…
Notes
Designer 45/6913 (SW71-5978, A4KM-5979), gold label; "Viet Nam" (Hughes & Griffin), 2:37, Pretty Girl Music Co., B.M.I.; produced by Style Wooten & Charles Bowen; ©1971 Designer Record Production Co., 3373 Park Ave., Memphis, Tenn. [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
In collections
Civil Rights Songs · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years] · US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]