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
- Songwriter
- Irene Dollar Heffner
- 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. 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 # 1599) - 1968 Released under the aka John Dough: Vietnam Sweetheart (Pami # 70597) - 1970 Released under the aka Rod / Rodd Rogers: Join in the Fight for Freedom (Freedom City # FC-2013) - 1965 I'm Proud to Be a Hippie From Mississippi (M.S.R. # 572) - 1972? Coming Home From Viet Nam (M.S.R. # 523) - 1970s? My Uncle Sam (M.S.R. # 205) - with Terry Peters 1234Sources1home.earthlink.net↩2WFMU LCD 18: Rodd Keith Revealed (Ellery Eskelin)↩3Wikipedia: Rodd Keith↩4Song Poem Music↩
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. -123Sources1WFMU LCD 18: Rodd Keith Revealed (Ellery Eskelin)↩2Wikipedia: Rodd Keith↩3Song Poem Music↩
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Vietnam Sweetheart (Keith, Rodd) (Preview Records # 1241) Song-poem. Plight, from soldier's perspective. Letter home to wife. Contains patriotic sentiments.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: 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
Notes
Song poem Preview Records Inc. 1241-A, white label with blue print; "Vietnam Sweetheart" (Irene Dollar Heffner), 2:00, Arthur Music, A.S.C.A.P.; Rodd Keith. [From the record sleeve and labels]
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 [War Years]