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Lyr Req: American Boy Soldier (Edgar Broughton)

29 Jul 01 - 04:12 AM (#516996)
Subject: the unknown song....
From: baldhead

I've been looking everywhere to find a song I heard some years ago. The only phrase I know is a part of the refrain: "..the american army, not forgetting the navy and the air force, too..". If anyone could give me a hint I would be very grateful....thx


29 Jul 01 - 04:46 AM (#517005)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: the unknown song....
From: Joe Offer

Well, Mr. Google took me here (click) which I believe is the newspaper of the German Communist Party. From that, I gather that the song is "American Boy Soldier," recorded by the Edgar Broughton Blues Band in 1969.
From there, I hit a dead end. Couldn't find lyrics.
-Joe Offer-


29 Jul 01 - 05:24 AM (#517017)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: the unknown song....- American Boy Soldier?
From: guest

Sterling work Joe - Shame I don't speak German...


29 Jul 01 - 09:44 AM (#517107)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: the unknown song....- American Boy Soldier?
From: Jeri

Guest, to translate, go to http://world.altavista.com/
Mark the block called "Website, and type or paste www.unsere-zeit.de/3250/s0901.htm into the block (next to the http://)
Select German to English, and hit the Translate button.

With any luck, you'll be able to understand the results.


29 Jul 01 - 07:48 PM (#517388)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: the unknown song....- American Boy Soldier?
From: Joe Offer

Yeah, Jeri, translation software may help understand the article, but it still won't come up with the stinkin' lyrics. It seems from Web entries that "American Boy Soldier" may have been a relatively well-known song in 1969, but I don't recall it.
-Joe Offer-


05 Mar 02 - 12:07 AM (#662956)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: the unknown song....- American Boy Soldier?
From: Jim Dixon

Joe: The Edgar Broughton Band was from the UK, which might explain why you don't recall it. (Neither do I.) "American Boy Soldier" appeared on their 1969 album, "Wasa Wasa." I can't find any evidence that it was ever reissued. (And I can't find the lyrics either.)


05 Mar 02 - 02:40 AM (#663000)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: the unknown song....- American Boy Soldier?
From: masato sakurai

Edgar Broughton's Wasa Wasa is HERE, with the "American Boy Soldier" sound clip.

~Masato