Waiting for the Boys to Come Home
1973 · RCA Victor 74-0922 · Nashville, Tennessee
- Artist
- Lester Flatt & Mac Wiseman
- Title
- Waiting for the Boys to Come Home
- Release
- Blue Ridge Cabin Home / Waiting for the Boys to Come Home
- Year
- 1973
- Label
- RCA Victor # 74-0922
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- Luther Presley
- Genre
- Country · Bluegrass
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Notes
Waiting for the Boys to Come Home (Flatt, Lester & Mac Wiseman) Bluegrass, country, home front perspective, pro-soldiers, religion, patriotic. Days of troubl, god will lead us against the foe, the boys will come back with victory. Updated version of 1950s songs (1) [From Justin A. Brummer notes from RYM]
About the artist
American bluegrass duo: Lester Flatt, born 19 June 1914, Overton County, Tennessee, died 11 May 1979, Nashville; and Mac Wiseman, born 23 May 1925, Crimora, Virginia, died 24 February 2019, Nashville. [Source: Wikipedia]
Themes
In collections
US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]