Vietnam Blues

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. Both featured on the 1966 patriotic, war concept album There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere (Mercury Records # MG 21 057).2Sources1Billboard, 28 August 1965↩2lpdiscography.com↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: 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

Notes

Mercury 72550, vocal, "From Mercury's Album, There's a Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere – MG-21057", producer Jerry Kennedy; "Viet Nam Blues" (K. Kristofferson), YW1-33683, Buckhorn Music (BMI), 2:41; flip "Then I'll Come Home Again" (T.T. Hall), YW1-33678, New Keys Music, Inc. (BMI), 2:38; "Vendor: Mercury Record Corporation". In a Mercury "America's Favorite Hits" company sleeve, "Established in 1947 on a sound basis!", Mercury Record Corporation, Chicago, Ill. [From the record sleeve and labels]

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]

Themes

Patriotic

In collections

US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]