Classic Country

JOHNNY CASH - RAGGED OLD FLAG (words below) From 1993 PBS Special, "A Capitol Fourth" Very moving Johnny Cash poem about a Ragged Old Flag. It's about the American Spirit and the things the Ragged Old Flag, or America, has stood through and how it's gonna keep standing. Pretty common for a lot of folks, me included, to shed a few tears when we listen to this. It's just so beautiful. God Bless America. Ragged Old Flag I walked through a county courthouse square On a park bench an old man was sitting there I said, your old courthouse is kinda run down He said, naw, it'll do for our little town I said, your old flagpole has kinda leaned a little bit And that's a ragged old flag you got hanging on it He said, have a seat, and I sat down Is this the first time you've been to our little town? I said, I think it is He said, I don't like to brag But we're 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 up watching it writing say can you see Got a little rip in New Orleans With Packingham and Jackson tuggin' at its seams It almost fell at the Alamo Beside the texas flag, but she waved on though It got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville Got cut again at Shiloh Hill There was Robert E. Lee, Beauregard, and Bragg And the south wind blew hard on that ragged old flag In Flanders field in World War one She took a bad hit from a Bertha gun She turned blood red in World War Two She hung limp and low by the time that one was through She was in Korea, Vietnam She went where she was sent by her Uncle Sam The Native Americans, the Blacks, Brown, Yellow, White All shed red blood for the Stars and Stripes And in her own good land here she’s been abused She’s been burned, dishonored, denied, and refused And the very government for which she stands Has been scandalized throughout the land And she's getting threadbare and she’s wearing kinda thin But she's in good shape for the shape she's in 'Cause she's been through the fire before And she can take a whole lot more So we raise her up every morning We bring her down slowly every night We don't let her touch the ground and we fold her up right On second thought, I guess I do like to brag ‘Cause I’m mighty proud of that Ragged Old Flag Writer: John Cash Ragged Old Flag lyrics © BMG Rights Management #johnnycash #memorialday #4thofjuly

Jerry Reed, Glen Campbell, and Steve Hardin perform, "Mule Skinner Blues." "Mule Skinner Blues", written by the great Jimmie Rodgers (1930) ============================================================= Lyrics (for this version) Good morning Captain Good morning, do you shine? Do you shine? Do you need a new muleskinner? Down on your new mud line Hey Hey We gonna do a little bit a the muleskinner blues Well I smell your bread a burnin’ Woman go and turn your damper down, turn it down Well if you ain’t got no damper Then woman you better turn that bread around It’s gettin’ brown Hey Hey We gonna do a little bit a the muleskinner blues Well I am goin to town honey (yes I am) Well what do you want me to bring you back? Bring you back? Bring me a pint of cold hard booze And a John B. Stetson hat (how’s that?) Hey Hey We gonna do a little bit a the muleskinner blues Please Like and Follow. Thank you! #glencampbell #jerryreed #stevehardin

Willie Nelson - "Bloody Mary Morning" - Austin City Limits with "The Family" band. (1974) Drums - Paul English Piano - Bobby Lee Nelson (Willie's Sister) Harmonica - Mickey Raphael Bass - Bee Spears Guitar - Jody Payne Please Like and Follow! Thank you! Lyrics: Well, it's a bloody Mary morning Baby left me without warning Sometime in the night So I'm flyin' down to Houston Forgetting her's the nature of my flight As we taxi toward the runway With the smog and haze Reminding me of how I feel Just a country boy who's learnin' That the pitfalls of the city Are extremely real All the night life and the parties And temptation and deceit The order of the day Well it's a bloody Mary mornin' 'Cause I'm leavin' baby somewhere in LA Well, it's a bloody Mary morning Baby left me without warning Sometime in the night So I'm flyin' down to Houston Forgetting her's the nature of my flight Our golden jet is airborne And flight fifty cuts a path Across the mornin' sky And a voice comes through the speaker Reassuring us flight fifty Is the way to fly And a hostess takes our order Coffee, tea or something stronger To start off the day Well it's a bloody Mary morning 'Cause I'm leavin' baby somewhere in LA Well, it's a bloody Mary morning Baby left me without warning Sometime in the night So I'm flyin' down to Houston Forgetting her's the nature of my flight Yeah I'm flyin' down to Houston Forgetting her's the nature of my flight Songwriters: Willie Nelson Bloody Mary Morning lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC Austin City Limits is a production of KLRU-TV, Austin PBS (c) The Capital of Texas Public Telecommunications Council #willienelson

Willie Nelson sold his songs "Night Life" and "Family Bible" for way too cheap!! From a 1993 Jay Leno tv show appearance. Thanks for watching. Please Like and Follow for more fun Classic Country! #willienelson