Jimmy Cliff OM (Jamaican Order of Merit) born as James Chambers (1 April 19… Read Full Bio ↴Jimmy Cliff OM (Jamaican Order of Merit) born as James Chambers (1 April 1948, St. Catherine, Jamaica) is a Jamaican reggae musician. He is best known among mainstream audiences for songs like "Sittin' in Limbo", "You Can Get It If You Really Want," "Many Rivers to Cross" and the title track from The Harder They Come, a film soundtrack which helped popularise reggae across the world.

Cliff moved to Kingston in 1962. After he released two singles that failed to make much of an impression, his career took off when his "Hurricane Hattie" became a hit, while he was aged just 14; it was produced by Leslie Kong, with whom Cliff would remain until Kong's death. Later local hit singles included "King of Kings", "Dearest Beverley" and "Pride and Passion". In 1964, Cliff was chosen as one of the Jamaican representatives at the World's Fair, and Cliff soon signed to Island Records and moved to Britain. Island initially (and unsuccessfully) tried to sell Cliff to the rock audience, but his career took off in the late 1960s. His international debut album was Hard Road to Travel, which received excellent reviews and included "Waterfall", a Brazilian hit that won the International Song Festival.

"Waterfall" was followed in 1969 by "Wonderful World, Beautiful People" and "Vietnam" in 1970, both popular throughout most of the world. Folk rock singer-songwriter Bob Dylan even called "Vietnam" the best protest song he'd ever heard. Wonderful World included a cover of Cat Stevens' "Wild World", which was a success in 1970.

Leslie Kong died of a heart attack in 1971. The soundtrack to the reggae film The Harder They Come was a huge success that sold well across the world, but did not break Cliff into the mainstream. After a series of albums, Cliff took a break and traveled to Africa, exploring his newfound Muslim spirituality. He quickly returned to music, touring for several years before he recorded with Kool & the Gang for Power & the Glory (1983). (During the 1981 River Tour, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band added Cliff's little-known "Trapped" to their live set; it achieved great prominence when included on 1985's We Are the World benefit album.) The follow-up, Cliff Hanger (1985) won a Grammy Award, though it was his last major success in the U.S. until 1993. He continued to sell well in Jamaica and, to a lesser extent, the UK, returning to the mainstream pop charts in the U.S. and elsewhere with a version of Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" on the Cool Runnings film soundtrack in 1993 .

In 2002, Cliff released his new album, Fantastic Plastic People in Europe, after first providing free downloads using Delacove's People Music Media p2p software. This album featured collaborations with Joe Strummer, Annie Lennox, and Sting as well as new songs that were very reminiscent of Cliff's original hits. In 2004 Cliff completely reworked the songs, dropping the traditional reggae in favor of an electronica sound, for inclusion in Black Magic.

Cliff has also covered the famous African song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight".

His recording of 'You Can Get It If You Really Want' was used as a campaign anthem by the Sandinista National Liberation Front in the 1990 election in Nicaragua (they lost). It was also adopted by the British Conservative Party during their annual conference in October, 2007. It is unclear whether Mr Cliff endorsed either party. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame March 15,2010.

Viet Nam
Jimmy Cliff Lyrics

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Hey, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam

Yesterday I got a letter from my friend
Fighting in Vietnam
And this is what he had to say
'Tell all my friends that I'll be coming home soon
My time it'll be up some time in June

Don't forget, he said to tell my sweet Mary
Her golden lips as sweet as cherries

And it came from
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam

It was just the next day his mother got a telegram
It was addressed from Vietnam
Now mistress Brown, she lives in the USA
And this is what she wrote and said
Don't be alarmed, she told me the telegram said
But mistress Brown your son is dead

And it came from
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Somebody please stop that war now

It was just the next day his mother got a telegram
It was addressed from Vietnam
Now mistress Brown, she lives in the USA
And this is what she wrote and said
Don't be alarmed, she told me the telegram said
Oh, but mistress Brown your son is dead

And it came from
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Somebody please stop it

Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam

Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
What I'm saying now somebody stop that war

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Jimmy Cliff's song "Viet Nam" convey a strong message of frustration and sorrow over the devastating effects of the Vietnam War. The repetition of the title throughout the song serves to emphasize the central theme and reinforce the singer's plea for an end to the conflict.

The song tells the story of a soldier fighting in Vietnam and the impact his death has on his loved ones back home. The opening verse talks about the soldier's plans to return home to his friends and his girlfriend Mary. The second verse, however, brings the devastating news that the soldier has been killed in action, delivering a powerful punch to the emotions of the listener. The final verse is a call to action, with the singer urging someone, anyone, to put a stop to the war and its senseless destruction.

Overall, "Viet Nam" is a poignant commentary on the human cost of war, and the pain and loss inflicted on those who are directly involved, as well as their families and loved ones. The simplicity of the lyrics and the haunting melody make for a powerful listening experience that resonates long after the song has ended.

Line by Line Meaning

Hey, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Addressing Vietnam, calling out to the country in a repetitive manner.

Yesterday I got a letter from my friend Fighting in Vietnam And this is what he had to say 'Tell all my friends that I'll be coming home soon My time it'll be up some time in June Don't forget, he said to tell my sweet Mary Her golden lips as sweet as cherries
Narrating a letter from a friend fighting in Vietnam, sharing his plans of coming home and what he wants to convey to his loved ones on his return.

And it came from Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam
Emphasizing the origin of the letter received from Vietnam.

It was just the next day his mother got a telegram It was addressed from Vietnam Now mistress Brown, she lives in the USA And this is what she wrote and said Don't be alarmed, she told me the telegram said But mistress Brown your son is dead
Telling the story of the friend's mother receiving a telegram from Vietnam informing her of the unexpected death of her son, as relayed by Mistress Brown who received the initial message.

And it came from Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam Somebody please stop that war now
Reiterating the source of the sad news and an appeal to stop the war in Vietnam.

Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam Vietnam, Vietnam, Vietnam What I'm saying now somebody stop that war
Echoing the call to stop the war and the need for peace.

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: JIMMY CLIFF

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Comments from YouTube:

@gracevu6772

5y↑68

Listening to the song for the first time today. I feel like crying. Such a beautiful, meaningful song!

@margaretmpirirwe3597

3y↑4

Me too

@holzerkarl

2y↑1

@@margaretmpirirwe3597 😁

@holzerkarl

2y↑1

Listen 100099 times

@AlexandreSilva-ig4ty

Don't cry King Fart...

@tikiwaqanivere3425

3y↑36

One of the Best song ever in the history of the World ,thank you Jimmy Cliff

@danscott3880

2y↑3

I Wonder. If my UNCLE BOB has ever heard this song. He was in VIETNAM. 1966 1968. 4TH INFANTRY U.S. ARMY

@emmaunelm.hortongadjicedip838

30w↑12

Thank you Jimmy. This song activates the sad story of soildiers that died in Vietnam for what history records as unjustified.

@courtneyhudson5

39w↑7

😢❤wow! I never thought there was a story in this song. When I was young I listened to this on D.C Cab movie plenty of times...only to get older and realize! Someone didn't come home from the war in Vietnam and sorrow for a family! Many truths in this song about lots of men that didnt come home from that war.May God bless you and keep you from hurt,harm, or danger ❤ in these times 🙏 ❤️ 😊

@almakhtoumndomor8859

5y↑5

''VIETNAM'' de Jimmy Cliff avait mis un terme définitif à la guerre du Vietnam après que les familles des soldats américains ont écouté cette triste chanson et qu'elles se sont révoltées contre le gouvernement américain et demandé le rapatriement sans délais de leurs enfants qui mourraient comme des mouches au Vietnam dans une guerre injuste contre un peuple qui aspirait à la liberté. Suite à ces révoltes causées par Jimmy Cliff, le gouvernement américain a cédé et a quitté le Vietnam en capitulant. On doit la fin de cette sale guerre à cette sublime chanson de Jimmy Cliff. Thanks to Jimmy Cliff the best musical singer of hall times. Love for ever.

@eriktroske6405

Je viens de repenser à cette chanson avec la guerre en Palestine maintenant.

On ne peut pas répéter le passé - même si on n’était pas vivant à l’époque, on s’en souvient

@tuserunamusudroka4514

4y↑53

"THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE HIT SONGS ......THANK YOU JIMMY......!

@The1saturn

4y↑2

and yet never played

@mikebarratt8146

3y↑13

"Mistress Brown, your son is dead" - That is such a gut punch. There are few moments in any songs that caught me like that did. I think it's because of the upbeat melody of the song, and when that comes it's just 'oh shit'.

@almakhtoumndomor8859

35w↑3

Jimmy cliff. Il ne laisse personne indifférent tellement ses chantons ont toutes un sens éternel. Jimmy clif ne chante pas avec sa seule belle voix mais davantage avec le cœur. Dans la dénonciation des injustices et des cruelles inéquités qui persistent dans cette planète pourrie, Jimmy Cliff reste, dans le domaine de la musique d'engagement et de conscientisation, le seul et dernier des Mohicans.

@jefffoze

15w

Well said.

@jenniferhorton3925

10w↑2

I forgot this song. Can't forget how Vietnam touched so many people in the US. As always Jimmy Cliff is a master at his craft.

@rebeccaimanscott2011

6y↑31

I am so proud be born to Jamaican parents. I love listening to music from my mother and father generation. Feel lucky 🍀.

@scousesean9623

5y↑26

One of the best anti-wars songs ever; sang with such soul & compassion by Mr Cliff. "Charlie Don't Surf" by the clash is another great & surprisingly, "last train to Clarksville" by the Monkees was an anti war song about the Vietnam war.

@matthewjeremiahaylward9301

4y↑5

Scouse Sean I’m a 65 yr old guy from Western Australia, lost an older friend at Long Tan. Gough Whitlam saved me from the war by 1 year, I was 18. But I saw “The Harder They Come” at a midnight, drug soaked screening at the Octagon, UWA. We loved (still do) our Reggae and harsh summer nights—a great life. Still watch the movie each year. RASTAFARI!!

@jaywalker712

4y↑7

For a lot of us Vietnam was a life changer, a lot of us that came home with the war coming with us.

@fossie32

1y↑2

@@jaywalker712 Respect. Thank you

@sulemanpatel

3y↑19

Some people are said to have the voice of an angel but every now and then somebody comes along with a voice so soulful that even the angels have to stop and listen.

@johnpennington1631

2y↑2

wonderful sound of trojan records and the brilliant jimmy cliff

@TheFilm2001forall

8y↑85

Bob Dylan called Cliff's single "Vietnam" the best protest song he had ever heard.

"I met Paul Simon and he said to me that he and Bob Dylan sat up for a whole night together listening to my albums one after another. That made me proud." Jimmy Cliff.

@danmaltby3271

8y↑1

+Terry Malloy really I never heard that cool, Jimmy rocks, I can see how ol Bob would dig him

@InongekaomsecschtomusicKanyata

fine

@jamuga60

8y↑1

Great story!

@danmaltby3271

6y↑2

absolutely in that its not trying to be a protest song, Jimmy is just telling a little story

@flvnow

5y↑1

@@danmaltby3271 I think the "somebody stop the war" slides it into anti war protest. I remember when I first heard it in 1976 ,. It was definitely a protest song then

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@donjaxutube

6y↑105

It is almost impossible to listen to this song and not think of the many friends I lost in Vietnam. They died fighting for something many didn't have at home

@aaron4wilkins

3y↑25

They died for absolutly Nothing, such a pointless senless useless tragedy

@blacksaxmusic

3y↑14

No one wins in war except the people not not fighting - RIP civilians,,, Napalm such a peaceful weapon on children

@andrewcothran8377

2y↑4

May the souls of those brave men rest in peace

@i-h8-democrats

@@aaron4wilkins fuck you. You have never done anything in your life.

@aaron4wilkins

1y↑1

@@i-h8-democrats
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ndIYnlDxMVJPcUa5V4GEw/featured
😆

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@jamuga60

3y↑9

Nobody tells it like Jimmy, he speaks for the poor and powerless. Always has always will............................my hero.

@augustgirl

1y↑3

😢 This song is too much on the heart.

@tony-gb5ub

47w↑5

A real Powerful song. Among the best as far as I’m concerned ; Especially for those who lived through that era.

@HansJoachim

9y↑115

This song brings back a lot of sad memories. Yes and many tears in my eyes.
Best regards at all in the world
HaJo

@fbferrari1875

5y↑2

Good bless you man!

@jasonvanorsdol1755

Young Tiger, Young Tiger, God Bless

@taylor3008

Yay

@jakobhengstenberg8829

4y↑1

Ah ein Deutscher🖐🇩🇪

@Dunkelpink

Best regards from brasil&switzerland.
Enjoy every second,every song,meal,smile etc. I'm sure you deserve the positivism the world still has to offer.
Sincerely, frolein dunkelπnk

@MarcioRSilva-te6sb

8y↑66

I was living in the USA during Vietnam war - the weekly newspaper of the small town I was regularly brought information about local soldiers in war - missing, wounded or dead. Terrible years those ones. Jimmy Cliff had a perfect glimpse of the time.

@jimshelley8831

4y↑6

The Vietnamese lost around 3 million soldiers and civilians while the US lost ,54000 military mostly poor working class soldiers. The US should never have been in Vietnam but have they meant no ,they continue with their unwanted military presence and bully boy imperialism.

@anibalcesarnishizk2205

Where are you from?.

@maldiniinvescoltd701

42w

So many perished in that war and the innocent of my Lai village who were all shot dead by laughing us marine

@josephineolowu2546

4y↑14

This was the music that drew me as a very young girl in elementary school to Jimmy Cliff and am still drawn to this song Vietnam, very sweet melody, brings me to tears because it is too emotional and as aperson who has witnessed an ethno-religious crisis, I kind of understand a little bit when Jimmy says somebody please stop that war !

@josephineolowu2546

2y↑1

@@GRIM_7REAPER please educate me.

@josephineolowu2546

2y↑1

@@GRIM_7REAPER The political side but you can start from any side you are comfortable with

@josephineolowu2546

2y↑2

@@GRIM_7REAPER thank you for this piece, it's really an eye opener for me seeing I know almost next to nothing on this. I love learning and acquiring new ideas and knowledge and also I understand what you mean, we will later agree on how to continue with this as this platform is not the best , am honoured, thanks.

@ricardonino737

24w↑2

Desde de niño me facina

@kevindalton4280

4y↑31

Very emotive song,highlights the unpredictability of those in the Vietnam conflict and for their friends and families. Deepest respect and love to the brave who fell and their brothers that survived .

@Konigdok

4y↑5

*in a senseless war

@jawalahalanehru

2y↑3

@@Konigdok exactly, people have been at war since recorded history, and before then

@robertreynolds1606

35w↑2

Drafted in 1970 walked some of my High School buddies to the grave, I made it through the draft and lived to tell about it

@davidmackay7633

6y↑41

This song moves the soul, respect from Scotland UK

@lichtmehr

2y↑2

Was 17 and love this Song🎉❣all Night long🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@davemoore9901

4y↑22

Hats off to Harold Wilson who managed to keep GB out of the Vietnam war despite massive pressure from US

@vintagebrew1057

5y↑28

Kids in London's East End were grooving to Jimmy Cliff, black and white during the 60's and early 70's. I was little but I remember this being played at parties. I was too young to understand but I loved singing the chorus.

@blacksaxmusic

3y↑1

Wagwaan

@user-un4rn8ip8k

50w

❤

@alanmorris7669

3y↑5

Back during the late '60s and early '70s, I can still remember seeing convoys of tanks and jeeps going up and down the highway. We still have polaroid snapshots of them on Interstate-85.

@ScooterPAK

22w

Why? The U.S. was never under the threat of invasion?? Tanks rolling about were on exercise or trying to curb anti vietnam unrest, and stop the grateful dead doing an encore at woodstock 😂

@Peach-gl9do

2y↑2

Straight Goose bumps....This you call song.Condolences to all the Mrs Browns who felt this pain.

@texaner662

7y↑59

Salute to all Vietnam Veterans GOD BLESS

@sabiviamercedann1416

6y↑1

My grandfather was in the navy and he flew helicopters

@sabiviamercedann1416

6y↑1

He was in Vietnam and btw he's alive

@user-km2hm2zf6s

10w↑2

Play it for all in the world!

@guyreadman

4y↑1

Late sixties, in The Ship, Weybridge, and this came on...never forgotten, always remembered, Thank You! xxxx

@petemitchell3067

Guy Fawkes Kingston hotel boy in those days , but lived on Oakland’s drive.✌️

@guyreadman

@@petemitchell3067 ..and Oaklands Drive is where I was living!

@seylnylp8083

4y↑5

Will always miss you, forever, JC!

@mousehitscat

9y↑12

Courageous to have brought out that song back in 1968....... I bought the single and loved the song.

@michealdolan6528

Big love! Look to the future. Don't forget the past! Top tune!

@azhariboerhan3402

36w↑1

I've heard this song when 10 years old at 1970s and did not understand yet about Vietnam conflict. My mother explained me that is a sad song about American people : mother, father, wife, sister & brother, all family, friends in US that everyday get news, letter, telex etc : bring death info from Vietnam battlefield.

@horstsonnhaus-leitner5927

6y↑3

Eine wahre Botschaft. Der Text einfach war - ehrlich : geht irgendwie ans Herz

@ajalahupfront

3y↑2

Growing up my dad was such a great fan of Jimmy cliff. Everyone knew him. His office. Church. We all knew my dad and his love for Jimmy cliff. As soon as the old man could afford it, he went to Jamaica and had tea with Jimmy cliff all the way from Nigeria. Now we won't hear word

@richmerowitz5610

2y↑6

One of the best, and most unrecognized "protest song" of the era

@darryltodman7095

7w↑1

One of my favorites from a very long time. Thanks V much for the refreshment!❤😂

@juxz3061

49w↑4

This song ❤ not much people do songs about war this song hits differently no words to explain it ❤ condolences to all the men that went to war to fight for their country ❤

@royfreeranger

36w

wut about all the innocents we murdered?

@royfreeranger

36w

ever think about that?
same today on your $.
🖕🏾

@michaelleier5456

8y↑2

Ein sehr schoener song dann muss immer an die altten zeiten denken als ich jung war

@rostikhavens9136

6y↑21

Thank you all Vietnam veterans. All generations love and admire you for your strength and resilience.

@Wipa4

Rostik Havens people of that time thought differently. Vietnam veterans were treated as a trash.

@asiba2

5y↑5

One of the sweetest melodies you will hear

@johnwjones007

7y↑13

good song from a great singer Jimmy cliff .....Rasta forever..wish I had a chance to witness him and Bob together live in concert....

@Jake-bv3mf

2y↑3

The meaning in this song brings tears to my eyes

@deepermindfulness

6y↑16

Just one of these wonderful songs that will forever be with us. Thank you. Truly remarkable how hard hitting it can be. loved the film The Harder they come. been with me since growing up and on my mind all the time. thank you.

@shulestuff

5y↑6

The song that introduced me to Jimmy Cliff back in early 70s as a grade schooler in Kenya

@barthelemiferrerie647

5y↑4

Jimmy cliff ♥️♥️♥️♥️vive la Jamaïque 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲 peace love freedom

@harryeliassen2356

4y↑6

Flew over the Mekong delta in 74. What had been a thick jungle with many small villages was now a moonlike landscape landscape with craters within craters thanks to Dow Chemicals and Monsanto and their Napalm and agent orange distributed by the US forces along with other explosives. The sight made me cry !!

@tzackaria7

you'd have really cried if you had to fly over it in "69"

@rockeeberlin888

Thank you for your service❤

@ronthunderwoodstudios1367

5w↑1

RIP Uncle Jimmy! (Lance Corporal James Lee Krisell)

@WezaBeatz

8y↑18

Jimmy Cliff one of the artists I respect the more

@TamasSzabo-ql6wf

10w↑1

Hi is the king of reggie ! First Class.

@andreasspatling5058

6y↑1

I am going to Vietnam to live there with my vietnamese woman and our child, and I just want to say thank you Jimmy!

@jimmyginus

26w↑1

I loved this song in DC Cab movie with Max Gail I didn't know it was Jimmy cliff song : ((

@TheDiomedef16

6y↑4

1972 Gino’s Disco Singapore, with a beautiful girl Sue, I wonder what ever happened to her. Happy memories from almost half a century ago. How time passes and youth leaves us. A very thought provoking song at the time.

@TheDiomedef16

A Royal Navy vet and yes at that time the Vietnam War was raging. It was drawing to a close on my next deployment in 1975 and the frigate I served on did end up off the coast of Vietnam, but that is another story.

@MrDambler77

was in Singas in 72 . Where was Ginos Disco? this is where i first discovered Jimmy

@jameslittleton6079

9y↑8

This song brings back a lot of sad memories

@moniquejewel8292

Really.

@nhungoay04

9y↑132

i'm Vietnamese and I just wanna say thanks :)

@marcisaac2558

8y↑5

Duc ....we were facebook friends at one time ....I love Viet Nam

@donniedahlia2031

7y↑8

Đức Phạm I apologize to the INNOCENT people who were involved in the conflict however I will never apologize for the men who attacked and killed US soldiers. And I hope Lyndon B. Johnson was punished for what he did to our country

@marcisaac2558

7y↑4

The Unforgotten
amen

@JHareTV

6y↑2

For communism , and it was a civil war , half the country did not want it, you commie fucks forced it on the whole country. Fuck you and your commie pals. How is your country doing now. Shitty except for the fact that you basically sold out to capitalism for the elite anyways. Stupid. Shameful americans died for you fucks

@Wipa4

6y↑6

While butthurting, take a look at the map and figure out where is usa, and where is Vietnam. After such a powerfull discovery (for you) ask yourself ( a rhetorical) question - "What the fuck yankee have forgotten on the another side of the globe?"

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@angelleopoldopainefili1219

4y↑6

Tremendo artista com seu estilo inigualável .

@mikozm

3y↑2

Great song, it reminds me of my 17 years, it's been 40 years since, but great, hat down. Vivat Slovakia

@JAYDOZIT

50w

#DC CAB baby!! Thx Jimmy and Mr. T❤

@davidschlessinger9945

5y↑5

I love this song

@birgitconrad4893

2y↑1

One of the best songs ever.

@harmjansen5373

4y↑2

Jimmy my cool friend from the 60ties peace love and happiness

@Tie_Mo

10y↑19

When I hear it now somehow it always reminds me to Robin Williams. R.I.P.

@dogma427

9y↑5

Good morning vietnam

@fyahvibration0109

Peace for Vietnam 🇻🇳🇻🇳🇻🇳 Real Reggae 🇯🇲🇯🇲🎵🎵❤️
Love so much Jimmy! 😍😍🦁

@LaisaniFimone

I've been looking for this song ❤

@fritzschweighofer7236

8y↑10

Wer kann sich noch erinnern auf diesen Song ?

@joachimwitusch6727

7y↑1

67 war das eine schöne zeit.Wurde immer gespielt Beilin neukölln in der Disco Boys&Girls.

@stefanschleps8758

5y↑1

Alles gut leute. All of us. The real question is. Who can't remember this song? On the one hand those years sucked! Waiting for your draft number to be called up. That was scary shit. We hoped the war would end. But we didn't know if it would. And every night there it was in our face on the evening news. Or the next morning on the front page of the newspaper. Our country had not been as divided on an issue since the civil war. And every year brought you closer and closer to draft age. Forcing us to consider going to R.O. T. C. Which branch to voluntarily join before the draft came calling? Or thinking about crossing the boarder into Canada 🇨🇦. And then you would see the Men dressed in formal attire. When they came to our little community to deliver that dreaded news. And the following day seeing a gold star in their window. The family had three stars in their window. It made me feel weak and scared. Not because I might go next and get killed too. No, because I didn't know what to say to those people. Was cake or bread going to comfort them? Or make them even conscious? That lady lost three of her sons. And then it was suddenly drawing down and coming to an end. Then the "boat people" came. And yes we did. We took them in. We had to. Anything less was unconscionable. And then it was over. America lost more than
58,000 of her sons.
For what? Sigh..!
On the other hand. Those of us who were nervously waiting in line. Got laid and got high. As often as we could. We knew each time might be our last time?
The Vietnam war scarred all of us.
May the fallen, on both sides, rest in peace.

@amanedwin2082

5y↑2

I like this Song ,I remember my father brought us this Album when we were little kids

@annakermode6646

4y↑1

I loooooooove this song and Jimmy.... Such wonderful memories 🌴☀️❤️

@yoliemartell6309

35w

Wonderful memories? 😮 wow

@josephilunga7977

Je suis très ravi d écouter ses belles chansons qui me rappellent des bons souvenir s de la jeunesse

@MzSherice202

The movie D.C. Cab brought me to this video. I met Jimmy Cliff on a flight from NY to London in 1986. He was such a nice guy. We were teenagers and when we boarded the plane and saw him in first class, we went NUTS!!! I'm a Jimmy Cliff fan for life! 💚💛♥@MzSherice202

@HanniEbeling

Dieser Song passt immer !!! Kriege sind und bleiben ... grausamst und unverantwortlich .....

@jremeliik5045

2y↑1

Never get's old..

@charleymasubed2510

4y↑2

Memorable song by Jimmy Cliff..

@BigIggy

4y↑7

THIS IS A CRIMINALLY UNDER APPRECIATED SONG!

Absolutely amazing! :')

@JamesBarnes-gt7jq

4y↑2

I'm a viet nam vet. U s army two tours 1969 1970. Never heard this song until 2020. Glad I found it. Great song and singer

@BigIggy

4y↑2

@@JamesBarnes-gt7jq Thank you for your sacrifice sir. I'm proud to be a free American, thanks to you!

@JamesBarnes-gt7jq

4y↑2

@@BigIggy thank you

@samuelmutooro5987

today its 2023 i don't know exactly when this kasong was sung but i think its about 70yrs ago but can you imagine its like it was sung ten years back all that what happened in viatnum is what we are experiencing to day

@slipperyeel1173

2y↑1

In the year 2021 at the age of 76 I still enjoy this song as one of the best anti war songs. Mrs Brown you son is dead says it all. There was a lot of thoughts put in the lyrics.

@kingfhfjkfjfeeparata8878

5y↑3

My pops use to sing this song to me when I was young

@romanaguerro1396

4y↑2

I'm a bit too young for Vietnam, but, I remember this song from D.C. Cab. Watching Max Gail and Adam Baldwin dancing to this song.

@ElMeroChano

Yep, first time I heard was in the movie

@sithdragon3333

6y↑3

The best song of all time!

@RomyIgoeX

4y↑3

A sad, cautionary tale detailing the folly of war. And all to a driving reggae beat! This is is as good as any protest song coming out of the U.S. at the time.

@jurgenmarko9194

6y↑3

I'm coming soon ✈️😎
Awesome song ✌️

@wolfgangball3848

I coming soon Ave soom song

@amandawicks7593

8y↑2

my favourite song really like Jimmy cliff this song makes you think don't it I love all his songs amazing wow 😃

@younggoodmanbrown6873

4y↑16

Who listen this song 2020

@MrBajanian

4y↑2

I am.

@jarekhyla4159

One Pole. Love this song and understand context.

@timprice8928

4y↑2

Only the dead have seen the end of war. . . .

@karnak50

18w

i can remember dancing to it at the Top Rank club Liverpool

@sylvialane6071

6y↑2

About 1964, when I was a kid, I saw a little picture in an encyclopedia of a young Hmong woman holding her baby. I thought she was the most beautiful woman and I wanted to be her, holding that beautiful baby. I hope she and her baby were able to hide from the war.

@frankpillich4626

no War more for ever in the future in the hole world for all mankind live in Peace together forever

@margaretmpirirwe3597

Very sad song. Always made me cry. History repeats itself. We have lost scores of young gallant men and women in senseless wars.

@jawalahalanehru

This has been ongoing since 10 000 years...

@tonymartin7068

2y↑1

Best protest song Ever !!!❤

@presleysaye3455

8y↑13

the best ever protest song.

@lovulloangelo2259

9y↑2

Jimmy Cliff - Vietnam La mia Canzone Preferita Bellissima degli Anni 70

@jamesnielsen3738

5y↑5

Staying at friends house. DAD said dont take his Jimmy cliff cds!!!! HE had many friends that didn't come home!!!!!!!!

@Mamazdower

46w

Saya orang Indonesia tidak begitu tau tapi melihat foto beliau saja sudah merasakan nostalgia bagi orang Vietnam pastinya😢

@johnduran769

50w

DC Cab!! Tough to be a Man baby! Paul Rodriguez! LoL miss the 80s 😂

@derek4169

5y↑6

the memories of that bloody awful war should be enough to make people stop and think. BUT SADLY NOT

@Palkia8842

In world history class, we had a stations assignment on Vietnam. One of the stations was listening to Vietnam war songs and determining if they were pro war or anti war.
I listened to this and Ballad of the Green Berets.