Vietnam

Somebody please stop that war now
Don't forget", He said, "To tell my sweet Mary
Vietnam, Vietnam hey Vietnam

And it came from Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
And it came from Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
"But Mistress Brown your son is dead"
It was addressed from Vietnam
And this is what she wrote and said
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
It was just the next day his mother got a telegram
"Don't be alarmed", she told me the telegram said

My time'll be up some time in June
Yesterday I got a letter from my friend fighting in Vietnam
It was just the next day his mother got a telegram
And this is what he had to say
And it came from Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam hey

"Oh but Mistress Brown your son is dead"

Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Her golden lips are sweet as cherry"
"Don't be alarmed", She told me the telegram said

Now Mistress Brown, she lives in the U.S.A.
It was addressed from Vietnam
"Tell all my friends that I'll be coming home soon
And this is what she wrote and said
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam Vietnam oh Vietnam
Somebody please now
Now Mistress Brown, she lives in the U.S.A.