Country Joe McDonald mustered out of the U.S. Navy and 1964, and not long after that he began reading Rhymes Of A Red Cross Man, by Robert W. Service. It wasn't too long until he put The Ballad Of Jean Desprez to music, and that played well with his musical friends at the time. He eventually made an album, War, War, War with a collection of Service's poems, and he re-recorded it nearly twenty years ago. The collection still holds up well today. Here is my favorite from that album... I sure do hope the old boy made it back to his cabin at Fond DuLac...
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