Viet Nam
1968 · Gospel Corner 127 · USA
- Artist
- Madame Nellie Robinson
- Title
- Viet Nam
- Release
- Viet Nam / Mini Your Dress Is Too Short
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Gospel Corner # 127
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Madame Nellie Robinson
- Genre
- Blues · Gospel Blues
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
In the blues / gospel track "Viet Nam" (Gospel Corner Records # GC-127) Madame Nellie Robinson pleaded for the conclusion of the Vietnam War - "settle this war in Vietnam" - in order to stop people from dying: "lord have mercy, a child is dying". It considered the pain felt by those fighting: "soldiers laying in mud". It also looked at the family and friends of soldiers in the US: "mothers and fathers at home crying". Robinson signed to the label Gospel Corner, based in Los Angeles, California, by Brother Hudson in 1968, a subsidiary of Proverb Records.1 Composed by Madame Nellie Robinson. Produced by Bro. Henderson.Sources1Billboard, 1 May 1965↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Blues songs
In the blues / gospel track "Viet Nam" (Gospel Corner Records # GC-127) Madame Nellie Robinson pleaded for the conclusion of the Vietnam War - "settle this war in Vietnam" - in order to stop people from dying: "lord have mercy, a child is dying". It considered the pain felt by those fighting: "soldiers laying in mud". It also looked at the family and friends of soldiers in the US: "mothers and fathers at home crying". Robinson signed to the label Gospel Corner, based in Los Angeles, California, by Brother Hudson in 1968, a subsidiary of Proverb Records.1 Composed by Madame Nellie Robinson. Produced by Bro. Henderson. Sources1Billboard, 1 May 1965↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Vietnam, lets pray to settle this war in Vietnam / Soldiers laying in mud holes moaning / Mothers and fathers at home crying / Lord have mercy, a child is dying / Vietnam, Vietnam, lets pray to settle this war in Vietnam / I got a letter yesterday saying 'mother I'll be home soon' / The next day I received a telegram saying your son is dead and gone
Notes
Gospel Corner Records GC-127-B, "Subsidiary of Proverb Records", 5328 So. Central Ave., Los Angeles 11, Calif., green label; "Viet Nam" (Madame Nellie Robinson), time 2:25, Lil-Etta Music, BMI; produced by Bro. Henderson. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Gospel singer credited as Madame Nellie Robinson (also 'M.N. Robinson'), who wrote and recorded 'Viet Nam' b/w 'Mini Your Dress Is Too Short' for Gospel Corner Records (GC-127), a Los Angeles subsidiary of Proverb Records. [Source: Discogs; record label]