Johnny cash biography ragged old flag
Johnny cash biography ragged old flag
Ragged old flag lyrics.
Ragged Old Flag (song)
1974 song by Johnny Cash
"Ragged Old Flag" is a song by American country music artist Johnny Cash from the 1974 album of the same name.
Background
"Ragged Old Flag" was written in 1974 while Cash was in Binghamton, New York,[1] during a time of political turbulence in the United States that had forced the resignation of President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal.
Although Cash had publicly supported Nixon's candidacy, he had started to question the wisdom of Nixon-era policies concerning the Vietnam War. He wrote "Ragged Old Flag" to "reaffirm faith in the country and the goodness of the American people."[2]
The song tells a story of an old man in a town square describing what the flag and country have been through together.[3] "Ragged Old Flag" is typical of Cash's particular style of patriotism characterized by his appreciation for the land, people and complexities of the United States.[4]