Letters From Home
Tin Pan Alley TPA 50-536 · Sarasota, Florida
- Artist
- Mike Thomas
- Title
- Letters From Home
- Release
- Memories of You / Letters From Home
- Label
- Tin Pan Alley # TPA 50-536
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Sarasota, Florida, USA
- Songwriter
- Ruth G. Jenkins
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
- Song poem, traditional pop - Send a letter to the soldiers over there
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Song Poems
- "Letters From Home" - Label: Tin Pan Alley # TPA 50-536 - Songwriter: Ruth G. Jenkins - Song poem, traditional pop - Send a letter to the soldiers over there - Say a prayer, he'll be at mail call everyday - G.I. Joe won't cry, no joy compares to reading those letters from home - Let him know, that since he's gone, you care about him - Tell him that you're waiting for him
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
American song-poem vocalist: house singer for the New York-based Tin Pan Alley song-poem label in the 1960s, credited with recording thousands of song-poems, including many Vietnam-themed titles; 'A Fearless Soldier' (1967) was anthologised on Bear Family's 'Next Stop Is Vietnam' (2010). Personal identity and biographical details are not documented in verified sources. [Source: Bear Family 'Next Stop Is Vietnam' / song-poem collector archives]