Prisoner of War
1980 · Eagle Music FL4537 · Ipswich, Massachusetts
- Artist
- Bruce Roberts
- Title
- Prisoner of War
- Release
- The Leader / Prisoner of War
- Year
- 1980
- Label
- Eagle Music # FL4537
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Ipswich, Massachusetts, USA
- Songwriter
- Bruce Roberts
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Folk
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs
Prisoner of War (Roberts, Bruce) Folk, P.O.W., helicopter sound-effects. I'm a P.O.W. - do people know I'm alive? Don't forget me Memories of home. Fought got country but now I'm in a bamboo cage Some prisoners have gone insane and brainwashed. A-side - is related to the Iranian Hostage Crisis, and pro-Reagan. Also references JFK, MLK, Washington, and Lincoln.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Eagle Music FL4537, side two, stereo, time 4:38, ASCAP; words and music Bruce Roberts, Folksinger; © ℗ 1980. Sleeve carries his card: "Bruce Roberts, Folksinger — Singing for God and Country", 6 Putnam Road, Ipswich, MA. [From the record label and sleeve]