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Thread #85390   Message #4198419
Posted By: Jack Horntip
02-Mar-24 - 09:42 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Singing Telegram Cante Fable (Joke)
Subject: RE: Origins: Singing Telegram Cante Fable (Joke)
Your son was killed in Vietnam,
do dah, do dah,
Your son was killed in Vietnam, all the do da day.
Shot him through the head.
Shot him through the head.
Your son was killed in Vietnam, all the do dah day.


From autobiography I Served by Don C. Hall & Annette R. Hall. 2001. pg 273.

The setting is the NCO club.

Google books here: https://books.google.com/books?id=kRxfrchUBncC&pg=PA273&lpg=PA273&dq=%22was+killed+in+vietnam%22+%22do+dah%22&source=bl&ots=33d3cIleDn&sig=ACfU3U1P_fdXvTUqxg99Zf3ATIBW6fq4IA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1qs7ahNeEAxVTKlkFHc9ZDSYQ6AF6BAgJEAM#v=onepage&q=%22was%20killed%20in%20vietnam%22%20%22do%20dah%22&f=false