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__Bring Them Home__ by Pete Seeger

If you love your Uncle Sam, Bring them home, bring them home. Support our boys in Vietnam, Bring them home, bring them home.

It'll make our generals sad, I know, Bring them home, bring them home. They want to tangle with the foe, Bring them home, bring them home.

They want to test their weaponry, Bring them home, bring them home. But here is their big fallacy, Bring them home, bring them home.

I may be right, I may be wrong, Bring them home, bring them home. But I got a right to sing this song, Bring them home, bring them home.

There's one thing I must confess, Bring them home, bring them home. I'm not really a pacifist, Bring them home, bring them home.

If an army invaded this land of mine, Bring them home, bring them home. You'd find me out on the firing line, Bring them home, bring them home.

Even if they brought their planes to bomb, Bring them home, bring them home. Even if they brought helicopters and napalm, Bring them home, bring them home.

Show those generals their fallacy: Bring them home, bring them home. They don't have the right weaponry, Bring them home, bring them home.

For defense you need common sense, Bring them home, bring them home. They don't have the right armaments, Bring them home, bring them home.

The world needs teachers, books and schools, Bring them home, bring them home. And learning a few universal rules, Bring them home, bring them home.

So if you love your Uncle Same, Bring them home, bring them home. Support our boys in Vietnam, Bring them home, bring them home.

I chose this song because the United States really missed their sons and fathers and were tired of the war. It felt to me that it was nice that everyone cared that they wanted to bring their soldiers home. The people are talking about how the U.S. army doesn't have the right equipment for the Vietnam War and even if they are bombed, killed, and in pain, they don't care; they just want to bring them home. Also, Pete Seeger sings about how Uncle Same needs the soldiers to come home and be teachers for their country instead of fighting in the war. I also chose this song because it felt heart warming to know that people cared about their families being safe, and wanting them to come home, even though they had a duty for their country to fight in Vietnam. I think that the songs message is that being safe and caring is one thing, and fighting for your country is another. Coming home would keep the soldiers safe and happier as told in this song, but also contributing to help fight is something that you can feel happy about also. One thing that I really like about this song is that it repeats the "Bring them home, bring them home" all the time, so it really captures what the song is trying to get the listener to feel. I also really love the last stanza because it sort of sums up the song. It says that if you love your country, bring home your soldiers and support the rest of your boys (soldiers) in Vietnam. These lyrics in this song are mostly an opinion about the war. This is because some people, as in this song, could be wanting their families together and wanting the soldiers to come home again. While others could want them to stay in the war and fight for what they believe in and risk their own lives for their country. There also are a few reactions that the listener could be having when listening to this song. One reaction is by supporting a certain opinion. A child or wife back home could be listening to this song and wanting their son or father back home. Another reaction way is putting the reaction into the soldiers shoes. The soldier could want to come home as well and be with his family. An opposing opinion would be having the listener wanting soldiers to fight and also the soldier wanting to fight himself.

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