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E D God help me, I was only nineteen. [Verse 3] A C G D A four week operation, when each step can mean your last one A G A on two legs: it was a war within yourself. A C G D But you wouldn't let your mates down 'til they had you dusted off. A G A So you closed your eyes and thought about somethin' else. [Chorus 3] E D A And then someone yelled.

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Songfacts®: This is about the Vietnam War. The "Light Green" refers to the area on a map of Vietnam. Dark green was an area where there had been no defoliants ("Agent Orange," for instance) and where there was plenty of cover. Light green meant it had been cleared, but there were likely minefields and probably Vietnamese around (because it had.

I Was Only ( A Walk in the Light Green). 1983. Words & Music by John Schumann. Redgum

God help me, I was only nineteen.'. John Schumann's unforgettable lyrics about the Vietnam War are etched in our memories and into our history books. Now they've been warmly brought to life by one of Australia's best-loved illustrators. Genres Picture Books War Historical History. 32 pages, Hardcover.

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Provided to YouTube by Columbia I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green) · Redgum Portrait: The Very Best of John Schumann ℗ 1983 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAI.

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Thirty-five years later, veterans still approach Schumann to thank him for telling their story and helping their families understand. "It's the song that changed my life," Schumann said.

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I WAS ONLY NINETEEN CHORDS (ver 2) by Redgum @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com Capo on 3rd in some live versions First I'll preface by saying that A and Am in this song sound extremely similar, and you can.

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"I Was Only Nineteen" (also known as "A Walk in the Light Green") was written by John Schumann (born in Adelaide, South Australia, in 1953), performed by Redgum (with John Schumann as lead singer), and was released as a single in 1983; it reached #1 on the charts that same year. The song is about an Australian soldier's experience of.

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0:00 / 4:27 I was only 19 Skinnious Chinnious 6K subscribers Subscribe Subscribed 44K 6.4M views 17 years ago Video from The Herds version of "I was only 19" with the music of the original by.

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I Was Only 19 (A Walk in the Light Green), is a first-person account of a typical Australian soldier's experience in the Vietnam War, from training at a military academy in Australia to first.

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Frank Hunt provides an account of his Vietnam experiences, titled "I Was Only Nineteen", in Gina Lennox' book Forged by War (August 2006). [21] After Schumann had received letters of request from active soldiers in Afghanistan and East Timor, he sought permission to visit the troops but obtained no answer. [22]

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"I Was Only Nineteen" or "A Walk in the Light Green" is the most widely recognised song by Australian group Redgum. It was released in March 1983 and is a fi.

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To pay homage to all the veterans who have served, suffered and made the ultimate sacrifice in the Vietnam War and in recognition of the anniversary of the 1966 Battle of Long Tan on 18 August, now.

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I was only nineteen [Verse 2] From Vung Tau riding Chinooks to the dust at Nui Dat I'd been in and out of choppers now for months And we made our tents a home: VB, and pinups on the lockers And.

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I was only 19 is the song that changed John Schumann's life. But when the singer-songwriter sat down to write about the Vietnam War more than 35 years ago, he never dreamt the song he wrote would become a number one hit, or that its lyrics would one day be inscribed on a national memorial.

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And what's this rash that comes and goes, can you tell me what it means? God help me I was only nineteen A four week operation, when each step can mean your last one on two legs It was a war within yourself But you wouldn't let your mates down 'til they had you dusted off So you closed your eyes and thought about somethin' else And then someone.

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I was only 19 was released in March 1983 when discussion of the Vietnam War, which had so fiercely divided public opinion a decade earlier, was generally avoided in polite conversation. A generation of veterans had been left feeling isolated and with a belief they had been forgotten by their country.