Vietnam Sweetheart
1967 · Preview 1241 · Hollywood, California
- Artist
- Rodd Keith
- Title
- Vietnam Sweetheart
- Release
- Vietnam Sweetheart / Living High
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Preview # 1241
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Vietnam Sweetheart (Keith, Rodd) (Preview Records # 1241) Song-poem. Plight, from soldier's perspective. Letter home to wife. Contains patriotic sentiments. "I'm a thousand miles from home dear in the land of Vietnam Where the days are mighty dangerous and the nights are sad and long Where the captain gives the orders and we do as we're told It's mighty lonesome darling, but my love for you... How I miss your letters darling with my name... How I wish this war was over, for I'll come home right away Every night I pray to heaven for god to give us peace There's not much room in a foxhole to pray on bended knees Shrapnel has now hit me, I can't finish this letter to you Maybe somewhere there is buddy left who will send this on to you Take my dog tag I'm sending, I've worn it a year today Wear it proudly for me darling and be proud of the USA" Other Rodd Keith Vietnam songs: I'm Going to Vietnam (Preview # 1078) - 1966 God Bless Our Soldier Boys in Viet Nam (Preview # 1029) - 1966 Johnny's Gotta Go (Preview # 1284) - 1966 Green Beret's Last Request (Preview # PV-1365) - 1967 Teardrops and Water (Preview # 1246) - 1967 Our Senators (Preview # 1338) - 1967 American Peace March (Preview…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Song Poems
- "Vietnam Sweetheart" - Label: Preview Records # 1241 - Songwriter: Irene Dollar Heffner - Note: need vinyl copy, have digital. Same song as released under the name "John Dough" (in vinyl collection) - Traditional pop - Soldier's perspective. Letter home to wife. Contains patriotic sentiments. "I'm a thousand miles from home dear in the land of Vietnam / Where the days are mighty dangerous and the nights are sad and long / Where the captain gives the orders and we do as we're told / It's mighty lonesome darling, but my love for you... / How I miss your letters darling with my name... / How I wish this war was over, for I'll come home right away / Every night I pray to heaven for god to give us peace / There's not much room in a foxhole to pray on bended knees / Shrapnel has now hit me, I can't finish this letter to you / Maybe somewhere there is buddy left who will send this on to you / Take my dog tag I'm sending, I've worn it a year today / Wear it proudly for me darling and be proud of the USA" - (1) (2) (3)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Song poem
About the artist
Born Rodney Keith Eskelin, 30 January 1937. Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, the best-known figure of the song-poem genre, recording hundreds of compositions from amateur-submitted lyrics under names including Rod Rogers. Died 15 December 1974, falling from an overpass onto the Hollywood Freeway, Los Angeles, California, USA. [Source: Wikipedia; LA Times via Last.fm]
Themes
In collections
Song Poems · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs