I believe a lot of songs need to be taken in context. I've read a lot of books on WW II and maybe this song just hit me at the right time. Maybe out of context it is just a tired old folk song (ha, ha). I just think the wonderful language, telling a whole generation's experience through the eyes of one old man, the survivor's remorse and PTSD and then especially what he is going to tell his buddies on the other side, just makes this tune a classic. But everyone is always entitled to their own opinions.
Mary: I listen to lots of "other" type country/amercana (Darrell Scott, Kacey Mulgraves, etc and so on) and I try to mostly model my tunes more in that vein (with varying levels of success).
John: I don't consider Scott's tune country at all (in any incarnation) -- I don't think I ever implied that. It is just story telling at its finest.
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