A Soldier's Letter
Peake Records 45-002 · USA
- Artist
- Ronnie Lee
- Title
- A Soldier's Letter
- Release
- Crazy Heart / A Soldier's Letter
- Label
- Peake Records # 45-002
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Ronnie J. Giles
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Draft Songs
Country, soldier's perspective, P.O.W., draft. I'm so lonesome, want to leave this prison. Why wars and battles? [leans anti-war?] Only just married when I was called [draft?]
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Peake Records 45-001 / 45-002 (one number per side). Label (title printed "A Soldiers Letter"): 45 RPM, 45-002-B; written by Ronnie J. Giles; pub. by Ronnie Lee Music, BMI, 2:18; prod. by Ronnie J. Giles & James Wood; Peake Records, 741 Peake St., Abilene, Tex. [From the record label]
Themes
In collections
Draft Songs · P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs · US Combat Perspective Songs [War Years]