Credited on the record as Dennis Kevans.
The Slouch of Vietnam
1982 · Larrikin LRF2053 · Canberra, Australia
- Artist
- Denis Kevans
- Credited on the record as
- Dennis Kevans
- Title
- The Slouch of Vietnam
- Release
- Rebel Chorus: A Concert of Contemporary Political Song
- Year
- 1982
- Label
- Larrikin # LRF2053
- Format
- LP · Compilation
- Language
- English
- Country
- Canberra, Australia
- Songwriter
- Denis Kevans
- Genre
- Spoken Word · Spoken Word · Poetry
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Notes
Poem written and set to music in 1962, recited at anti-war demonstrations; here part of the medley "Pot Pourri" (A5). Published in The Great Prawn War and Other Poems (1982).
About the artist
Denis Kevans (15 January 1939 - 2005) - poet from Canberra, ACT, active in the 1960s-70s protest movement; also wrote "Slouch of Vietnam" and "The Great Prawn War".