Let the Cannons Roar Loudly
1966 · Crown CLP 5510 · USA
- Artist
- Johnny Mac
- Title
- Let the Cannons Roar Loudly
- Release
- Ballad of the Green Beret
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Crown # CLP 5510
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — US Military & Veteran Songs
Released in 1966, Johnny Mac's biography is unknown at this time - it is being assumed that he was involved with the military. It included a cover of Barry Sadler 's Ballad of the Green Berets . The track "Let the Cannons Roar Loudly" ( ( Crown Records # 5510) was narrated from the perspective a dead soldier who wanted people back home to know that he fought "with courage and pride" . He declared that "I served my country well" . "Let the cannons roar loudly over my grave / Let the folks back home know that I was brave / Though my life is gone, my spirit carries on / Let the cannons roar loudly over my grave / Let them hear what a great deed I've done / How we fought our battles one by one / With courage and pride I gave up my life... / As you speak of my name in tales you tell / Please remember I served my country well / I've lived, fought, and died, no tears have I cried"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Crown CLP 5510, LP, 1966. [From Discogs]
About the artist
Vocalist on the budget cash-in LP 'Ballad Of The Green Beret' (Crown Records CLP 5510, Los Angeles, 1966), which includes 'Chosen To Wear The Green Beret'; Crown was the Bihari brothers' Los Angeles budget label. [Source: Discogs]
Themes
From the release Ballad of the Green Beret