What We're Fighting For
1965 · Mercury 72500 · USA
- Artist
- Dave Dudley
- Title
- What We're Fighting For
- Release
- What We're Fighting For / Coffee, Coffee, Coffee
- Year
- 1965
- Label
- Mercury # 72500
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Tom T. Hall
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
The song What We're Fighting For (Dudley, Dave). Written by Tom T. Hall. Patriotic. "My dearest Mama they just gave us time to write I miss you and there's something on my mind tonight At mailcall I recieved your letter here today But I don't understand the things you say You tell me there are people marching in our streets The signs they carry say that we don't fight for peace There's not a soldier in this foreign land who likes this war Oh Mama tell them what we're fighting for Tell them that we're fighting for the old Red White and Blue Did they forget Pearl Harbor and Korea too Another flag must never fly above our nation's door Oh Mama tell them what we're fighting for From Maine to California there are many noble men Who know the price of war and pray we'd never fight again But the world must learn that we will fight we will protect our shore Oh mama tell them what we're fighting for"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
The song What We're Fighting For (Dudley, Dave). Written by Tom T. Hall. Patriotic. "My dearest Mama they just gave us time to write / I miss you and there's something on my mind tonight / At mail call I received your letter here today / But I don't understand the things you say / You tell me there are people marching in our streets / The signs they carry say that we don't fight for peace / There's not a soldier in this foreign land who likes this war / Oh Mama tell them what we're fighting for / Tell them that we're fighting for the old Red White and Blue / Did they forget Pearl Harbour and Korea too / Another flag must never fly above our nation's door / Oh Mama tell them what we're fighting for / From Maine to California there are many noble men / Who know the price of war and pray we'd never fight again / But the world must learn that we will fight we will protect our shore / Oh mama tell them what we're fighting for"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
American country singer, born 3 May 1928 in Spencer, Wisconsin; known for truck-driving country and Vietnam-era hits ('What We're Fighting For', 'Vietnam Blues'); died 22 December 2003 in Danbury, Wisconsin. [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
Patriotic · Mail Call · Demonstration · WW2 · Korea · Answer to What We're Fighting For