About This Song
About "Gee, I Wish I Was Back in the Army" by Rosemary Clooney
Clooney delivers this soldier's lament with a wink, brass and swing masking the homesick pang. The jaunty rhythm clashes with the lyric's weary nostalgia—a dancehall grin over a barracks bunk, capturing the bittersweet absurdity of missing regimented life once it's gone.
