Three-Five-Zero-Zero

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"Three-Five-Zero-Zero" is a song from the 1968 musical Hair. The song is most notable for its opposition to the Vietnam War and lyrics taken from Wichita Sutra Vortex, a poem by Allen Ginsberg. The title, "Three-Five-Zero-Zero" alludes to the estimated number of Viet Cong losses in the Vietnam War. ^[1]

"Put it this way
Declared McNamara speaking language
Asserted Maxwell Taylor
General, Consultant to White House
Viet Cong losses leveling up three five zero zero per month
Front page testimony February ‘66
Here in Nebraska same as Kansas same known in Saigon
in Peking, in Moscow, same known
by the youths of Liverpool three five zero zero
the latest quotation in the human meat market—
Father I cannot tell a lie!"
-Excerpt from Wichita Sutra Vortex, a poem by Allen Ginsberg.

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1. ^ Wichita Sutra Vortex, a Poem by Allen Ginsberg