Artist	Song
Joe Tex	I Believe I'm Gonna Make It
from Greatest Hits (2006)
Bob Dylan	Clean Cut Kid
from Empire Burlesque (1985)
The Kingston Trio	Where Have All the Flowers Gone
from Kingston Trio Live (2005)
Bruce Springsteen	Lost In the Flood
from Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. (1984)
Mark Schultz	Letters from War
from Letters from War (Studio Series Performance Track) - EP (2005)
Kathy Mattea	The Southern Soldier Boy
from Songs of the Civil War (1991)
Dave Dudley	What We're Fighting For (Single Version)
from 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Dave Dudley (2002)
The Pogues	The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
from Red Roses for Me [Expanded] (2006)
George Canyon	I Want You to Live
from Somebody Wrote Love (2007)
Iron Maiden	The Trooper
from Somewhere Back In Time - The Best of 1980-1989 (2011)
David Ball	Riding With Private Malone
from Amigo (2001)
Lonestar	I'm Already There
from I'm Already There (2001)
William Bell	Marching Off to War
from Stax-Volt: The Complete Singles (1959-1968) (2007)
The Cult	Soldier Blue
from Sonic Temple (1989)
Tim Buckley	Once I Was
from The Best of Tim Buckley (2006)
Hootie And The Blowfish	Old Man & Me
from Rhino Hi-Five: Hootie & the Blowfish - EP (2005)
Tom T. Hall	A Hero In Harlan
from Tom T. Hall Sings Miss Dixie & Tom T. (2007)
Elton Britt	There’s a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere
from Ridin' With Elton (2006)
Tom Paxton	My Son, John
from The Best of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound: The Elektra Years (2005)
Big Bill Broonzy	In the Army Now
from Big Bill Broonzy Vol. 11 1940 - 1942 (2005)
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	I'm Gonna Dig Myself a Hole
from Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup Vol. 3 1949-1952 (2005)
Emmylou Harris	Bang the Drum Slowly
from Red Dirt Girl (2005)
The Monitors	Greetings (This Is Uncle Sam)
from The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 6: 1966 (2006)
Bruce Springsteen	Devils & Dust
from Body of War - Songs That Inspired an Iraq War Veteran (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2008)
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas	I Should Be Proud
from The Ultimate Collection: Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (1998)

Comment:

Some of the Soldier Songs on our list reference the Civil War — Kathy Mattea’s “The Southern Soldier Boy,” for example — while others were inspired by the conflict in Vietnam (“I Should Be Proud” by Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, “My Son, John” by Tom Paxton), but Elton Britt’s “There’s a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere” has a timeless feel, even though it became a hit in 1942, at the height of WWII. Finally, Dave Dudley, the master of the country trucker anthem, tackles soldier/protester conflict with dignity in “What We’re Fighting For.”

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