Viet Nam Widow, Almost
Pla-Me TK4M-3211 · USA
- Artist
- Darlene Shadwick
- Title
- Viet Nam Widow, Almost
- Release
- Viet Nam Widow, Almost / Once in Your Life
- Label
- Pla-Me # TK4M-3211
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Darlene Shadwick
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
"Viet Nam Widow, Almost" (Pla Me Records # TK4M-3211) Label based in Muskogee, Oklahoma. County. Impact of war: at home. Woman in US misses her sweetheart who died in Vietnam.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: My only love is gone, a very empty day / My sweetheart he died a thousand of miles away / His country needed him, my darling gave his life / He died in Vietnam, I'll never be his wife / I remember when he left my eyes were full of tears / A boy who had to be a man at only eighteen years / It didn't help me much to know he was so brave / I couldn't hold the tears, I stood by his grave / So now I'm dressed in black being mighty blue / Waiting until god calls me to my love so true / I know I'll see him there in that ? above / There will never be another, he was my only love
Notes
Pla-Me Records, 903 Louisiana, Muskogee, Okla., grey label (TK4M-3211, 666P-3211); "Viet Nam Widow, Almost" (Darlene Shadwick), time 2:42, Vilena Pub. Co., BMI; Pla-Me Records A & R by Gene Killion & Bobby McBride. [From the record sleeve and labels]