Artist: Bobby Bare
Author: Paul Craft
Label: Hickory
Year: 1976
Written by the same Paul Craft who wrote Teardrops In My Tequila for J.J. Cale.
Covers:
Paul Craft [author]
Brendan Croker & The 5 O'Clock Shadows [on self-released cd Central Station Hotel]
Brendan remembered this from the poolhall scene in The Deer Hunter with Robert De Niro. Robert and his mates sing this song the day before they leave for Vietnam. Only, that war ended in '75, while the song was first released one year later. Sometimes even Hollywood directors bloop.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)