Vietnam Blues
2003 · Hip-O B0000393-02 · Jackson, Mississippi
- Artist
- Cassandra Wilson
- Title
- Vietnam Blues
- Release
- The Blues: A Musical Journey
- Year
- 2003
- Label
- Hip-O # B0000393-02
- Format
- CD · Unreleased
- Language
- English
- Country
- Jackson, Mississippi, USA
- Songwriter
- J.B. Lenoir
- Genre
- Blues · Blues Jazz
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
For the Martin Scorsese produced series of the blues genre, Cassandra Wilson did a cover of J.B. Lenoir's "Vietnam Blues" (Columbia / Legacy # 512636 2). It also appeared on the soundtrack Soul of a Man (Columbia / Legacy # 512570 2) and in the film The Soul of a Man.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Vietnam Vietnam, everybody cryin' about Vietnam / Vietnam Vietnam, everybody cryin' about Vietnam / The law all the days (?) killing me down in Mississippi, nobody seems to give a damn / Oh God if you can hear my prayer now, please help my brothers over in Vietnam / Oh God if you can hear my prayer now, please help my brothers over in Vietnam / The poor boys fightin', killin' and hidin' all in holes / Maybe killin' their own brother, they do not know / Mister President you always cry about peace, but you must clean up your house before you leave / Oh how you cry about peace, but you must clean up your house before you leave / How can you tell the world how we need peace, and you still mistreat and killin' poor me
Notes
Also issued on Columbia / Legacy (512636 2), and on the soundtrack The Soul of a Man (Columbia / Legacy 512570 2).
About the artist
American jazz singer, born 4 December 1955 in Jackson, Mississippi. [Source: Wikipedia]