Yankee Soldiers
Stop ST-117 · USA
- Artist
- The Highlanders
- Title
- Yankee Soldiers
- Release
- Yankee Soldiers / Climbing the Walls
- Label
- Stop # ST-117
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
Yankee Soldiers (Highlanders, The) (Stop # ST-117) Country. Draft. Civil war song - released in Vietnam era. Nashville, Tennessee. A band of Yankee soldier walked up to my door There must have been a hundred or even more The captain he did smile, his eyes were...hard He said you're in the army boy Oh them Yankee soldier, them Yankee soldiers They spared my life that I might go fight... At first I thought that I might try to make My getaway, on second thought I knew Those soldier weren't there to play So there I stood half scared to death As I stood in my door...oh, them Yankee soldiers"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Draft Songs
Yankee Soldiers (Highlanders, The) (Stop # ST-117) Country. Draft. Civil war song - released in Vietnam era. Nashville, Tennessee. A band of Yankee soldier walked up to my door / There must have been a hundred or even more / The captain he did smile, his eyes were...hard / He said you're in the army boy / Oh them Yankee soldier, them Yankee soldiers / They spared my life that I might go fight... / At first I thought that I might try to make / My getaway, on second thought I knew / Those soldier weren't there to play / So there I stood half scared to death / As I stood in my door...oh, them Yankee soldiers"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - "Climbing The Walls" b/w "Yankee Soldiers" (Stop Records ST-117, 1967, Nashville label - label geography), both sides written by Carl Trantham and Goldman Lee Trantham (1928-2013, documented as a songwriter, not confirmed a performer). The Galax, Virginia old-time Highlanders documented by Praguefrank's (Princess/Heritage, 1971-74) are a different act and are ruled out. The performing group is unidentified. [Source: Discogs; Praguefrank's (rule-out)]