PORTLAND TOWN  - Derroll Adams song /RW interpret  2024
Channel: Ramblin Wayn
Date: 2024-04-09

©DA ----This song is original in 1957 by songwriter Derroll Adams (* 27. November 1925 in Portland (Oregon), USA; † 6. February 2000 in Antwerp) written in memory of Korean War. He was a victim of McCarthyism and going than to London 1957.

To me this song may be still be relevant today. I hatred wars and especially all the morons who start them. RW

I was born in Portland Town,
I was born in Portland Town
Yes I was, yes I was, yes I was.

I got married in Portland Town,
I got married in Portland Town
Yes I did, yes I did, yes I did.

Children I had , one, two, three
Children I had, one, two, three.
Yes I did, yes I did, yes I did.

Jimmy and Johnny and Frank made three,
Jimmy and Johnny and Frank made three.
Yes they did, yes they did, yes they did.

Sent my children off to war,
Sent my children off to war.
Yes they did, yes they did, yes they did.

Killed my children, one, two, three.
Killed my children, one, two, three.
Yes they did, yes they did, yes they did.

Murdered my children, one two, three
Murdered my children, one two, three
Yes they did, yes they did, yes they did.

I won't have no kids no more,
I won't have no kids no more.
No I won't, no I won't, no I won't.

I was born in Portland Town,
I was born in Portland Town
Yes I was, yes I was, yes I was.