What Would You Do (In My Lai)
Peon P-911 · Marietta, Georgia
- Artist
- Joe Shinall
- Title
- What Would You Do (In My Lai)
- Release
- What Would You Do (In My Lai) / Loneliness
- Label
- Peon # P-911
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Marietta, Georgia, USA
- Songwriter
- Shinall, Black
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
What Would You Do? (In My Lai) (Shinall, Joe) My Lai, William Calley song. Country Peon Productions # P-911 Marietta, Georgia, USA "I'm just an average America boy I don't claim to be real bright But this talk ? their fighting in has really got me uptight This was in Vietnam they fought for quite a while And their award when they come home, we have for them a trial What would you do if you're in their shoes, and it was you instead of them It's easy to sit back and watch the news on TV And everything that we see we don't always agree An unknown mother told her son to be a patriot And now she's all confused and she don't know, what's wrong from right What would you do if you're in their shoes, and it was you instead of them We train the soldier to kill charlie, but make sure that they're right But how do you pick the enemy out when they all look just alike When they raise their weapons to fire you know they thought a while Over there they get a Purple Heart, back home they get a trial What would you do if you're in their shoes, and it was you instead of them"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs
- What Would You Do? (In My Lai) (Shinall, Joe) - My Lai, William Calley song. Country - Peon Productions # P-911 - Marietta, Georgia, USA "I'm just an average America boy / I don't claim to be real bright / But this talk ? their fighting in has really got me uptight / This was in Vietnam they fought for quite a while / And their award when they come home, we have for them a trial / What would you do if you're in their shoes, and it was you instead of them / It's easy to sit back and watch the news on TV / And everything that we see we don't always agree / An unknown mother told her son to be a patriot / And now she's all confused and she don't know, what's wrong from right / What would you do if you're in their shoes, and it was you instead of them / We train the soldier to kill Charlie, but make sure that they're right / But how do you pick the enemy out when they all look just alike / When they raise their weapons to fire you know they thought a while / Over there they get a Purple Heart, back home they get a trial / What would you do if you're in their shoes, and it was you instead of them"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Joe Shinall was an American country and rockabilly singer active from the early 1960s to the early 1970s, whose records were issued consistently through Georgia labels: he cut 'Jacqueline' and 'No Alimony' with the Sabres for Gala of Georgia around May 1962, and later 'The Greatest Man In The World' for Atteiram of Marietta, Georgia. "What Would You Do? (In My Lai)", co-written by Shinall with Black and backed with 'Loneliness', was issued on Peon Productions P-911, a Marietta, Georgia label, produced by Joe Sicurella, published by Shinall-Chastain and mastered at Music City Recorders in…
Themes
My Lai · Patriotic · Pro-Calley · Purple Heart · TV War