It's So Hard to Tell Mama Goodbye
1968 · Gregar GG-00105 · USA
- Artist
- Randy Boone
- Title
- It's So Hard to Tell Mama Goodbye
- Release
- It's So Hard to Tell Mama Goodbye / Tennessee Stud
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Gregar # GG-00105
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- M. Nutter
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Draft Songs
It's So Hard to Tell Mama Goodbye (Boone, Randy) Country, soldier's perspective Born in West Virginia, daddy worked hard, very poor, then he died Letter from Uncle Sam (drafted) - had to leave mama alone In an army hospital - will I die? Some say war is wrong, some say right, but who is the Vietcong?
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Label: GG-00105 / ZSP 119615, 3:36; publisher Borscht Pub. Co. (BMI); a Gregar Record Production, produced by Don Law Productions, distributed through Epic Records; Randy Boone billed as "Co-Star of the C.B.S. Television Series 'Cimmaron Strip'". [From the record label]
Themes
Draft · Soldier's Perspective · VC · Family