Music for the study of the Vietnam War
collected by John J. Fitzgerald
Longmeadow High School
Longmeadow, MA 01106
(not to be sold)

"Hello Vietnam"

written by Tom T. Hall
Performed by Johnny Wright

Kiss me good-bye and write me while I'm gone.
Good-bye my sweetheart - Hello Vietnam.

America has heard the bugle call,
And you know it involves us one and all.
I don't suppose the war will ever end.
There is fighting that will break us up again.

Good-bye my love and hello Vietnam.
We're here to fight a battle to be won.
Kiss me good-bye and write me while I'm gone.
Good-bye my sweetheart - Hello Vietnam.

A ship is waiting for us at the dock.
America has trouble to be stopped.
We must stop communism in that land.
Or freedom will start slipping through our hand.

Chorus:
Voice: I hope and pray someday the world will learn,
The fires we don't put out will bigger burn.
We must save freedom now at any cost,
Or someday our own freedom will be lost.

Kiss me good-bye and write me while I'm gone.
Good-bye my sweetheart - Hello Vietnam.

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