El Paso High School Varsity Choir
Vietnam Christmas
Linjo 112 · El Paso, Texas
- Artist
- El Paso High School Varsity Choir
- Title
- Vietnam Christmas
- Release
- Vietnam Christmas / Hallelujah Chorus
- Label
- Linjo # 112
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- El Paso, Texas, USA
- Songwriter
- Rene Guijarro
- Genre
- Western Classical Music · Choral · Church Music
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — US Domestic Perspective Songs
"Vietnam Christmas" (LinJo Records # LINJO 112) - a song performed by the varsity choir of El Paso High School, Texas.1 Musically this track would fit nicely into a church service and Christmas carol rendition. The choir sent out a prayer to those fighting in the war, as well as those "who died...in Vietnam".& Sources1Wikipedia: El Paso High School↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Children on Record
"Vietnam Christmas" (LinJo Records # LINJO 112) - a song performed by the varsity choir of El Paso High School, Texas.1 Musically this track would fit nicely into a church service and Christmas carol rendition. The choir sent out a prayer to those fighting in the war, as well as those "who died...in Vietnam".Sources1Wikipedia: El Paso High School↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Christmas Songs
"Vietnam Christmas" (LinJo Records # LINJO 112) - a song performed by the varsity choir of El Paso High School, Texas.1 Musically this track would fit nicely into a church service and Christmas carol rendition. The choir sent out a prayer to those fighting in the war, as well as those "who died...in Vietnam". Sources1Wikipedia: El Paso High School↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: This child of love will hear the prayers and cries / From those who fight and have been wounded in Vietnam / This child won't hesitate to bless / All those who died while fighting in Vietnam
Notes
LinJo Records LINJO 112-A; "Vietnam Christmas" (Rene Guijarro), time 3:30, Linjo Music (BMI); El Paso High School Varsity Choir, directed by Frank Odom, soloist Teresa Gonzales. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
The El Paso High School Varsity Choir was the varsity choir of El Paso High School in El Paso, Texas. Its 'Vietnam Christmas' (LinJo 112, undated), in which the choir 'sent a prayer to those who fight and have been wounded in Vietnam', is documented in the Journal of Texas Music History's survey of Vietnam War songs. [Source: Journal of Texas Music History, vol. 24 (Texas State University)]
Themes
In collections
US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · Children on Record · Christmas Songs