Always feel humbled and honored to have my birthday eclipsed by the significance of Veterans Day. Was thinking of my grandfather, uncle, and great uncles who served and have since passed both during and after their service. This song was performed by Johnny Cash, and spoken to music. I love these lyrics. Probably many of you know it: Ragged Old Flag I walked through a county courthouse square On a park bench, an old man was sittin there. I said, Your old court house is kinda run down, He said, Naw, itll do for our little town. I said, Your old flag pole is leaned a little bit, And thats a ragged old flag you got hangin on it. He said, Have a seat, and I sat down, Is this the first time youve been to our little town I said, I think it is He said I dont like to brag, but were kinda proud of That Ragged Old Flag You see, we got a little hole in that flag there, When Washington took it across the Delaware. and It got powder burned the night Francis Scott Key sat watching it, writing Say Can You See It got a rip in New Orleans, with Packingham & Jackson tugging at its seams. and It almost fell at the Alamo beside the Texas flag, But she waved on though. She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville, And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill. There was Robert E. Lee and Beauregard and Bragg, And the south wind blew hard on That Ragged Old Flag On Flanders Field in World War I, She got a big hole from a Bertha Gun, She turned blood red in World War II She hung limp, and low, a time or two, She was in Korea, Vietnam, She went where she was sent by her Uncle Sam. She waved from our ships upon the briny foam and now theyve about quit wavin back here at home in her own good land here Shes been abused, Shes been burned, dishonored, denied an refused, And the government for which she stands Has been scandalized throughout out the land. And shes getting thread bare, and shes wearin thin, But shes in good shape, for the shape shes in. Cause shes been through the fire before and i believe she can take a whole lot more. So we raise her up every morning And we bring her down slow every night, We dont let her touch the ground, And we fold her up right. On second thought I *do* like to brag Cause Im mighty proud of That Ragged Old Flag
Posted on: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 02:29:48 +0000
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