During the war in Vietnam, America was heavily involved in it. Many people in the world including New Zealand were against the war. There were songs written about the Vietnam War and how bad it was. Some songs were also sung at Woodstock (15 - 18 August 1969).
I used the song, Vietnam - by Jimmy Cliff.
The artist, Jimmy Cliff (a Jamaican reggae musician), wanted to stop the war because the families were losing all their men, but, he wrote this song as a support of the soldiers fighting in the war. The lyrics of "Vietnam" was telling of a soldier serving there who writes to his friends about returning home. But, instead, the soldier's mother receives a telegram notifying her of his death. This song was the most-effective of the anti-Vietnam songs.
Lyrics:
Hey, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Yesterday I got a letter from my friend fighting in Vietnam
And this is what he had to say
“Tell all my friends that I’ll be coming home soon
My time’ll be up some time in June
Don’t forget”, he said, “To tell my sweet Mary
Her golden lips are sweet as cherry”
And it came from Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
It was just the next day, his mother got a telegram
It was addressed from Vietnam
Now Mistress Brown, she lives in the USA
And this is what she wrote and said
“Don’t be alarmed”, she told me the telegram said
“But Mistress Brown your son is dead.”
And it came from Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, hey, Vietnam
Somebody please stop that war now
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, oh Vietnam
Vietnam, oh Vietnam, oh oh, oh oh
Somebody please stop it
Vietnam, Vietnam, oh Vietnam
Vietnam oh oh, oh oh Vietnam
Hey Vietnam, aha Vietnam, oh oh, yeah
I wanna say now somebody stop that war
