Prayer for Our Service Boys in Vietnam

Annotation — US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]

Pray for Our Service Boys in Vietnam (Scripture Records # 120) - part of SPC (Synthetic Plastics Company, New Jersey, printers of cheap records). Carl Story, born 29 May 1916 in Lenoir, North Carolina. Died 31 March 1995 in South Carolina.12 Bluegrass. Religion, pro-government, patriotic. Domino theory: "dying there so we can keep our freedom".Sources1Find a Grave↩2Wikipedia: Carl Story↩

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: We prayed that when the other war was over / That peace could come to all the world around / In Vietnam another war has started / Our soldier boys are falling to the ground / Pray for our soldier boys in Vietnam / Only god can help them win this war / Pray for our soldier boys fighting to win / For pray is all that keeps our nation strong / They're dying there so we can keep our freedom / The freedom we still have in our great land / Let's all go down before our god and ask him / To hold our soldier in his loving hand

Notes

Title printed From The Altar To Vietnam. Mono LP, 12 tracks. Titles of A4, B3 and B5 are abbreviated on the back of the sleeve. [From Discogs] Scripture Records, 88 St. Francis Street, Newark, New Jersey. [From the Rate Your Music label page]

About the artist

Carl Story: born 29 May 1916, Lenoir, North Carolina, USA. Died 31 March 1995, Greenville, South Carolina, USA. American bluegrass musician and leader of the Rambling Mountaineers. [Source: Wikipedia]

Themes

Patriotic · Religion

In collections

US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs [War Years]