Credited on the record as Rodd Rogers.
Coming Home From Viet Nam
M.S.R. 523 · Hollywood, California
- Artist
- Rodd Keith
- Credited on the record as
- Rodd Rogers
- Title
- Coming Home From Viet Nam
- Release
- Coming Home From Viet Nam / Cracka Da Coal Boys
- Label
- M.S.R. # 523
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Vincente San Nicolas
- Genre
- Traditional Pop · Traditional Pop
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation — Song Poems
- "Coming Home From Viet Nam" - Label: M.S.R. Records # 523 - Songwriter: Vincente San Nicolas - Lyrics are almost identical to the single "Coming Home From Viet Nam" by Ben San Nicholas (Peace Records # GSC-2322), with a few variations, and different recordings. - Hollywood, California - Traditional pop - Soldiers so young, feel so brave, fighting for freedom (patriotic) - Lets the red, white and blue fly (flag) - We are on our way home (coming home) - We are wounded and tired
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Lyrics almost identical to Ben San Nicholas, 'Coming Home From Viet Nam' (Peace GSC-2322, VWSP0511), with variations; different recording.
About the artist
Born Rodney Keith Eskelin, 30 January 1937. Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, the best-known figure of the song-poem genre, recording hundreds of compositions from amateur-submitted lyrics under names including Rod Rogers. Died 15 December 1974, falling from an overpass onto the Hollywood Freeway, Los Angeles, California, USA. [Source: Wikipedia; LA Times via Last.fm]
Themes
Patriotic · Flag · Coming Home · Soldier's Perspective · Song Poem