Linda Lou
1967 · Thunder 834G-3269 · USA
- Artist
- Gene Gullette
- Title
- Linda Lou
- Release
- Teach Me / Linda Lou
- Year
- 1967
- Label
- Thunder # 834G-3269
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Gene Gullette
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation — Draft Songs
Vietnam War love song, "Linda Lou". A man is drafted to war and fights the Viet Cong while longing for his girl Linda Lou:
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Down the road, just a mile or two lived a little girl called Linda Lou / Hair was black and her eyes were blue, I love a girl called Linda Lou / Then one day a letter came, Uncle Sam had staked his claim / I had to go and fight the war
Notes
Thunder Records 834G-3269 (Pekin, Illinois), RCA custom pressing; producer Gene Gullette; published by Gullette Music. Label: Thunder Records © 1967; vocal & inst., 2:58; BMI – Pending, Gullette Music; matrix W4KM-3270; signed on the label by Gene Gullette. [From the record label]
Themes
Draft · VC · Combat · Soldier's Perspective