Looking for military songs

[John A. Jordan Ii.]

Greetings. I looking for a source for military songs. Let me specify
which type. I am not looking for marching songs (Jody Calls). I am not
looking for music scored for a marching band or anything instrumental.
I'm looking for the songs written by and sung by the soldiers. I had an
old reel to reel my dad brought back from Vietnam which included songs
like: "A Huey Kind of War" "Itizuke Tower" "Sandy Cannonball"
"Ballad of the Jolly Greens" "Come and fly with the Jolly Greens"
and many others. The tape was lost in a fire four years ago. Any help
anyone can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Tony Jordan
JJ9...@auvm.american.edu

[Joseph C Fineman]

John A. Jordan Ii. <JJ9...@auvm.american.edu> writes:

>I'm looking for the songs written by and sung by the soldiers.

I can give you texts of a few British W.W. II songs Ewan MacColl used
to sing: "Browned Off", "Bless 'em All", "The Second Front Song".
--
Joe Fineman j...@world.std.com
239 Clinton Road (617) 731-9190
Brookline, MA 02146

[franc...@pasadena-dc.bofa.com]

Two good albums, old ones and probably not on CD, I don't know
how hard to find:

Oscar Brand Don't remember name, title indicates flying
songs. (World War II and Korean war era)

Barry Sadler Ballads of the Green Berets (Viet Nam era)

Oscar Brand also did other albums with various "off color" songs that
are typical of barracks songs, such as Bawdy Barroom Ballads.

[Wayne Brissette]

There is a CD/Tape/LP titled "In Country". It is on Flying Fish records
Number FF 70552.

Songs:

Green T-Shirt Blues
Grunt
Six Clicks
Saigon Warriors
First Cav
Ho Chi Minh Trail
The Panther Pack Is Prowling
Ling Po Drove the Truck Away
King of the Trail
Tchepone
Sitting in the Cab of my Truck
Ba Muoi Ba
Pull The Boom From the Gas Hole
Jolly Green
Cobra Seven
Green Beret and Friendly FAC
Firefight
Will There Be A Tomorrow?
I've Been Everywhere
Here I sit
Danang Lullaby
Fighter Pilot's Christmas
Chu Yen
Boonie Rat Song
Battle Hymn of the River Rats
Crack Went the Rifle
Freedom Bird
Played around and Stayed around Vietnam Too Long

This CD is a collection of folk songs from Vietnam and is part of an
ongoing project by the Vietnam Veterans Oral History and Folklore Project.

A booklet containing the texts of the songs in this album, with extended
notes on the songs and a bibliography, can be ordered from the Project. To
order send $3.00 to cover postage and handling.

The Vietnam Veterans Oral History and Folklore Project
Dr. Lydia Fish, Director
Department of Anthropology
Buffalo State College
1300 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14222
(716) 883-1843

Cheers,
Wayne

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[J. Lani Herrmann]

There is a relatively new collection on Flying Fish, FF 70552, called
In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War, with just the
sort of stuff you are looking for. Sung by a bunch of Vietnam vets,
including my friend Saul Broudy; and annotated by Lydia Fish of the
Vietnam Veterans Oral History and Folklore Project: Buffalo State
College, 1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222; phone (716) 883-1843.
It's a CD, and the only one I know of for this war. -- Lani