Little Mama San
In Vietnam I had a friend named Bill Buckley. He wrote a verse of a song that went with with the tune of Hank Snow's "Movin' On".
Bill found a guitar somewhere. It was missing strings. Strings were very improbable to get. The guitar was probably left at the Rock Pile as it couldn't be taken on hikes.The Rockpile was a small fire-base between Khe Sahn and Quang Tri (Quang Tri, Cam Lo, Dong Ha Mountain, Cam Lo Bridge or the "Wash-out", Rockpile, Vandergrift or LZ Stud, Khe Sahn).
I suppose that a lot of folks found the guitar without strings. Without strings, it may as well be left behind. Bill found some radio wire. For some of the strings, Bill twisted a couple or several radio wires together to get a sufficient sound. Bill could play a terrible guitar pretty well.
I remember the movie "Good Morning Vietnam". The Vietnamese ladies seem to be one lady. But so pretty.
You might listen to Hank Snow's "Movin' On" to catch the tune that rambles through Micky Dee's head.
When I read the poem, as I finished it, I hear Hank's band.
This is in memory of Bill Buckley from upstate New York.
Hope you're well Bill.
God bless!
Enjoy!
Bill wrote the first verse:
Hank Snow - Movin' On 1967
Little Mama San
Little mama san coming down the track.
Doing the boogie woogie up and down a doggy’s back.
She’s movin’ on.
She’ll soon be gone.
Well I held my nose,
When I buried her clothes.
She’s movin’ on!
I first saw her,
On the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
She was shakin’ a leg,
And shakin’ her tail,
She was movin' on.
She was rollin’ on.
That little mama,
In her black pajamas,
She was movin on.
She hid behind,
A big banana tree,
She cursed me twice,
Then took a shot at me.
Then she was movin’ on.
She was Viet Cong.
She was a little wood nymph,
She was smoking hemp,
And she was movin’ on!
I can hump like a chump,
Over any speed bump,
And that big Rock Pile,
Was just another little lump.
But she’ll show you how,
To deedee mao!
She chews betel nut,
But has a cute little butt,
She’s movin’ on!
As time flew by,
She caught my eye.
Now she’s the apple pie,
Of my honky round eye.
She sure looks nice.
Could have killed me twice.
You know, I think I’m gone,
For a Viet Cong,
And she’s movin’ on.
I thought I saw her,
At the DMZ,
And a few days later,
In the South China Sea.
She was in Long Binh
Then Phnom Penh!
I saw her in Saigon,
Black pajamas on,
She was movin on!
I chased her,
Then she chased me.
And I let her catch me,
Around old Quang Tri.
She said, “You’re dinky dao,
You’d better deedee mao!”
She said,”I think you’re cute,
But don’t think I won’t shoot!”
And I was movin’ on!
She was chasing me,
Through all of Quang Tri,
She ran me through Cam Lo,
On a water-buffalo.
I was movin’ on.
I had to git gone.
Two rights ain’t a wrong,
It’s a tired old song,
I’m movin’ on!
Over Mutters Ridge.
She had an axe to grind,
Across a pontoon bridge,
Up and down Highway 9.
I’m moving on.
Don’t need a “carry-on”,
No hangers-on,
No more goings-on,
We’re movin’ on!
Little mama san,
Coming down the tracks,
Doing the boogie woogie,
Up and down this jarhead’s back.
She’s my mama san.
I’m her papa san.
We have a hooch to smooch,
We have a house in Laos.
We’re movin’ on!
That mama san is sweet,
I love her sweet bare feet,
And we’re movin on’.
Mama san and me,
And baby san makes three
We’re movin’ on!
Here we go!
Yeehaw!
~Micky Dee~
Vietnam Related Hubs by Micky Dee:
Soldiers Don't Cry When They Say Goodbye
He Had Scrambled Brains For Breakfast Since 1968
God, Thank You For Bringing Our Soldier Home!
Running With Scissors-Semper Fi Stanley Patrick
A Tale Of Two Idiots-A Poem By 50 Caliber & Micky Dee
Vietnam 1968-1969 Or Was It Yesterday?
A "Tale" Of Camp Carroll-The DMZ-Vietnam
Hank Snow - I've Been Everywhere
"Hank" Snow was born Clarence Eugene Snow on May 9, 1914 in Brooklyn, Queens County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Hank Snow was an American country music artist and charted more than 70 singles on the Billboard country charts from 1950 until 1980. He died December 20, 1999. Hank number 1 hits include "I'm Moving On", "The Golden Rocket", "I Don't Hurt Anymore", "Let Me Go, Lover!", "I've Been Everywhere", and "Hello Love" as well as other top ten hits. He is a member of both the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and the Music Hall of Fame.
He ran away from home at twelve years of age to escape a brutal stepfather. At 12 he joined a fishing boat as a cabin boy. He ordered his first guitar from an Eaton's department store catalog for $5.95 when he was 14. Hank Snow played his first show in a church basement in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia at age 16. He sang in local clubs and bars in nearby Halifax. He married Minnie Blanche Aalders in 1935 and they had one son, Rev. Jimmy Rodgers Snow.
More Poems By Micky Dee
Poems of love:
Remembering The Past And Missing You
Warm Yourself With Thoughts Of Love
Poems of Humor:
Jack Benny - the Satchel Paige of Comedy!
My Love Loves A Man Who Snores! An Ode To A Snore
An "index" for the year in Tarwheel Cycling 2010, poems, information:
Breaking Away From 2010 And Attacking 2011
