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This week our host Jim Adams for Song Lyric Sunday has given us the prompt of Army, Soldier, War.

The goal is to take the prompt and profile a song that has it part of its lyrics or title.

Please consider carving out time to read the posts of other bloggers who responded to the Song Lyric Sunday challenge.

Rules for Song Lyric Sunday

Post the lyrics to the song of your choice, whether it contains the prompt words or not.  If it does not meet the criteria, then please explain why you chose this song.
• Please try to include the songwriter(s) – it’s a good idea to give credit where credit is due.  Your post can be as long or as short as you want it to be.
• Make sure you also credit the singer/band and if you desire you can provide a link to where you found the lyrics.
• Link to the YouTube video or pull it into your post so others can listen to the song.
• Ping back to this post or place your link in the comments section below.
• Read at least one other person’s blog, so we can all share new and fantastic music and create amazing new blogging friends in the process.
• Feel free to suggest future prompts.
• Have fun and enjoy the music.

Dear Uncle Sam

In 1966 the United States was heavily involved in the Vietnam War. In two short years the US had deployed nearly 200,000 troops to Vietnam in reaction to the Gulf of Tonkin incident. There was a definite anti-war movement in the United States, and it often showed up in songs. One song written by Loretta Lynn often gets overlooked because its genre was country. Many musical historians have given credit to Loretta Lynn for being one of the first Country Artists to profile the Vietnam War in song.

In the winter of 1965 Loretta Lynn released a song about the war called “Dear Uncle Sam“. It is about a wife writing a letter to the US Government in regard to her husband being deployed to Vietnam. When Loretta Lynn would do “live concerts” she dedicated this song to her husband Oliver “Doolittle” Lynn who served in WW II.

In 1966 Lynn released her sixth studio album called “I Like ‘Em Country“. The end of the song features “Taps” playing with Boots Randolph on the saxophone. Included on that album was that song along with the ones shown below:

Lyrics

Video

Next week the prompt is Beach, Surf, Swimming