vietnam blues

• güzel j b lenoir parçası. cassandra wilson yorumu inanılmazdır.
• vietnam olarakta anılan bu j.b. lenoir parçasının iki farklı versiyonu var.
  
  cassandra wilsonın da seslendirdiği versiyonunun sözleri şöyle:
  vietnam vietnam, everybody cryin' about vietnam
  vietnam vietnam, everybody cryin' about vietnam
  the law all the days (?) killing me down in mississippi, nobody seems to give a damn
  
  oh god if you can hear my prayer now, please help my brothers over in vietnam
  oh god if you can hear my prayer now, please help my brothers over in vietnam
  the poor boys fightin', killin' and hidin' all in holes,
  maybe killin' their own brother, they do not know
  
  mister president you always cry about peace, but you must clean up your house before you leave
  oh how you cry about peace, but you must clean up your house before you leave
  how can you tell the world how we need peace, and you still mistreat and killin' poor me.
  
  diğer versiyonun sözleri:
  lord i got my questionnaire
  uncle sam gonna send me away from here
  lord i got my questionnaire
  uncle sam gonna send me away from here
  he says jb you can hide but you cannot run
  now lately you have to be in vietnam
  
  sweetheart please don't you worry
  i'm just beginnin' to fly in the air
  sweetheart please don't you worry
  i'm just beginnin' to fly in the air
  now they in vietnam shootin' 'em down over there
  lord you'll find my body there somewhere
  
  oh lord i wonder
  i wonder when will all wars come to an end
  oh lord i wonder
  i wonder when will all wars come to an end
  now in vietnam, shootin' 'em down and sayin'
  my son jebra(?) will rise up and fight again
• aynı isimde dave dudley'e ait bir şarkı mevcuttur. söz konusu parçada, dave dayı hippilerle yaşadığı ufak bir münakaşayı ve gerçek bir murican nasıl tepki vermesi gerekiyorsa o şekilde tepki verip uzaklaşmasını anlatır. vietnam savaşı sırasında, amerikan cumhuriyetçilerinin kafa yapısını güzel biçimde özetleyen pek kıymetli eserlerden birisidir.
  sözleri şöyle:
  
  ı was out on the leave at the time just duckin' the fog nosin' around like a hungry dog
  ın that crazy place called washington dc
  ı saw a crowd of people on the white house lawn all carrying signes about vietnam
  so ı went over to see what was goin' on
  ıt was a strange looking bunch but then ı never could understand some people
  oh a fellow came to me with a list in his hand he said we're gatherin' names to send
  the telegram of sympathy then he handed me a pen
  ı said ı reckon this is goin' to kids and wives
  my friends over there who're givin' their lives
  he said ah ah buddy this is goin' to ho-chi-min
  ı said ho-chi who he said ho-chi-min people's leader north vietnam
  oh ı wasn't really sure ı was hearin' him right
  ı though ı'd better move before ı got in a fight
  cause my ears were hurtin' and my ball started hit my lick
  then ı thought of another telegram that ı've just read
  tellin' my buddy's wife that her husband was dead
  ıt wasn't too long till ı was feelin' downright sick
  another held the sign that said we won't fight
  ı thought to myself boy ain't that right
  to leave a lot of our soldiers die instead
  ı said it's a shame that every man who ever died up there that far off land
  was dyin' for that you wouldn't have to wake up dead
  course he looked at me like ı was kinda crazy just another warmonger
  oh ı left that place and ı went downtown and hit first bar that ı'd found
  to cool myself off and pacify my brain
  you see ı was on orders to vietnam little old place just north to saigon
  had about an hour to catch myself a plane
  so all ı mean to say is ı don't like dyin' either but man ı ain't gonna crawl