Credited on the record as Sammy Marshall and The Rays.
Bird (Missile)
Cheyenne 601 · Pine Bluffs, Wyoming
- Artist
- Sonny Marshall
- Credited on the record as
- Sammy Marshall and The Rays
- Title
- Bird (Missile)
- Release
- The Bird (Missile) / Game of Love
- Label
- Cheyenne # 601
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, USA
- Songwriter
- Gertrude Faith
- Genre
- Fanfare · Fanfare
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation — Song Poems
- "The Bird (Missile)" - Label: Cheyenne Records # 601 - Songwriter: Gertrude Faith - Artist: Sammy Marshall and The Rays - Label owned by Gertrude Faith - Traditional pop and fanfare - Heard of the astronauts going to Mars - But have you heard about this missile of ours - 9 men we honor, they are protecting the birds that are protecting you - Pray to god so that this bird will never fly - We don't like war but we are ready - Vietnam era atomic bomb, Cold War - First person narrative - soldier's perspective, patriotic - Pine Bluffs, WY, United States
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Themes
Atomic · Cold War · Space Race · Patriotic · Soldier's Perspective · Religion · Song Poem