Hey Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam Was 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 will be coming home soon My time will be up sometime in June.' 'Don't forget' he said 'To tell my sweet Mary (Mary) Her golden lips as sweet as cherry' And it came from Vietnam 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 (A) And this is what she wrote and said: 'Don't be alarmed' she told me The telegram said That 'mistress Brown, your son is dead.' And it came from Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam Somebody please hold on now Hey Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam Vietnam