What's It Like in Viet Nam

Annotation

Little Shirley - born Maine, USA. Rockabilly "What's It Like in Viet Nam" Child singer? Sweetheart's letter to soldier. Hope he returns soon. Proud of the soldier.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: Well I've got you on my mind, I'm sending you this line / To let you know that everything is okay, though we had / To change our plans, you left for Vietnam / I'm praying he'll be home...Please take care and let me know / If there is anything you need, I don't have to tell you honey / That I'm proud of you indeed, won't you write me when you can

Notes

Bolt Records 70239 B, 45 RPM – 2002B, blue label, "Lone Star Ranch, Reed's Ferry, N.H."; "Whats It Like in Viet Nam" (Buzz Whittica - Buck Carney), "Time: 3 Min.", Reeds Ferry Music (BMI); Little Shirley & Her Wranglers. The purple picture sleeve shows a photograph of Little Shirley in a fringed western shirt with an acoustic guitar, titled "Little Shirley and Her Wranglers", "Little Bitty Girl" / "What's It Like in Viet Nam". The back notes tell how Little Shirley, one of nine children born in a little town in northern Maine, won her first amateur contest at six singing "You Are My Sunshine", and that the Wranglers had played the Lone Star Ranch at Reeds Ferry, N.H., hotels along the Maine coast and lounges around New England; Bolt Records wishes the group "continued success". [From the record sleeve and labels]

About the artist

Born Maine, USA

Themes

Home Front Perspective

In collections

US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · Children on Record