11-27-2022, 10:10 PM
Charlie Brown: An Alternative History
Good grief Charlie Brown
what was it you found
that day in the Mekong Delta?
The rest of the platoon thought you comic
so they put you on point
and you walked into an ambush
just south of Can Tho.
The Viet Cong were waiting
the firefight was hot
you were the first to go down
into the mud of the paddy.
In the panic of retreat, they left you behind,
just another grunt, missing in action.
The VC were perturbed
because a cartoon was something new
so they sent you north, a prisoner of war,
tried to break your morale
but you had none to break,
so they put you to work as a laughable GI
in propaganda posters and strips.
Ho Chi Minh thought you hilarious
And gave you a medal.
The war finally ended,
but you never came home:
her name was Chau,
she was like a pearl, and you swore
never to leave her.
Good grief Charlie Brown
that’s what you found
that day in the Mekong Delta.
Good grief Charlie Brown
what was it you found
that day in the Mekong Delta?
The rest of the platoon thought you comic
so they put you on point
and you walked into an ambush
just south of Can Tho.
The Viet Cong were waiting
the firefight was hot
you were the first to go down
into the mud of the paddy.
In the panic of retreat, they left you behind,
just another grunt, missing in action.
The VC were perturbed
because a cartoon was something new
so they sent you north, a prisoner of war,
tried to break your morale
but you had none to break,
so they put you to work as a laughable GI
in propaganda posters and strips.
Ho Chi Minh thought you hilarious
And gave you a medal.
The war finally ended,
but you never came home:
her name was Chau,
she was like a pearl, and you swore
never to leave her.
Good grief Charlie Brown
that’s what you found
that day in the Mekong Delta.