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The news had made Americans very pessimistic about the war.

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Many Americans believed their family members were dying in vain.

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"Well, I'm not going to point any moral... But every time I read the papers, that old feeling comes on; We're, waist deep in the Big Muddy. And the big fool says to push on."

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"Well, I'm not going to point any moral... But every time I read the papers, that old feeling comes on; We're, waist deep in the Big Muddy. And the big fool says to push on."

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As the first televised war, the public was much more aware of the situation in Vietnam. They saw how the government was trying to convince them victory was near, but the facts were against that claim. People were losing faith in the government.

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"All at once, the moon clouded over,We heard a gurgling cry... And we just made it out of the Big Muddy. With the captain dead and gone."

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"All at once, the moon clouded over,We heard a gurgling cry... And we just made it out of the Big Muddy. With the captain dead and gone."

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This song came out around the time Lyndon Johnson announced he wouldn't be running for re-election. The "captain" drowning is representing how LBJ's refusal to withdraw from Vietnam eventually ended his career.

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"We were -- knee deep in the Big Muddy,But the big fool said to push on."

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"We were -- knee deep in the Big Muddy,But the big fool said to push on."

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The "big fool" in this song, the captain, is representing Lyndon Johnson. The allusion here is that the President sees what a terrible situation the war was but refused to back down. This line is repeated many times through out the song.

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Lyndon Johnson was the inspiration for this song.

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1. Biography.com
2. 20 Best Protest Songs
3. Washington Post

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Pete Seeger was an outspoken activist who'd written many protest songs through out his career. Seeger was also a member of the Communist Party He supported the civil rights movement of the 60's. He also wrote another song protesting Vietnam, "Bring 'em home".

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Waist Deep in the Big Mudd - Pete Seeger (1967)

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Waist Deep in the Big Mudd - Pete Seeger (1967)

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This song is about a group of soldiers crossing a river in the 1940's due to the misguided orders of their commanding officer, which was a metaphor for the Vietnam war.

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Waist Deep in the Big Muddy (Pete Seeger)