Going to Viet Nam Polka (Jade do Viet Nam)
1967 · Chicago Polkas 387 · Chicago, Illinois
- Artist
- Li'l Richard
- Title
- Going to Viet Nam Polka (Jade do Viet Nam)
- Release
- Going to Viet Nam Polka / My Helen Oberek
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Chicago Polkas # 387
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- Polish
- Country
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Songwriter
- R. Towalski
- Genre
- Polka · Polka
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Lyrics
English: Tomorrow I'm going to Viet Nam For a long war And when I leave Chicago There will be a lot of tears for me And the ones who cry the hardest will be those With whom I talked And the ones who will cry the hardest will be the ones whose faces he kissed One says a happy journey ahead The second one says, eat with God And the third one, don't go away
Notes
Chicago Polkas 387, A-side; the single release of "Jade do Viet Nam Polka". Year from Rate Your Music (Discogs gives none). [From Discogs] Label (Chet Schafer Productions, blue and silver, Chicago skyline): "Going to Viet Nam Polka (Jade do Viet Nam)", written by R. Towalski, Li'l Richard Polka Band, Polish vocal; Chicago Polkas Music Publ. Co., B.M.I. [From the record label]
About the artist
Li'l Richard (Richard Towalski), Chicago polka bandleader, born 1942 in Chicago, Illinois; served with the US Army in Korea in the 1950s.