I walked through a county courthouse squareOn a park bench, an old man was sittin' there.I said, "Your old court house is kinda run down,He said, "Naw, it'll do for our little town".I said, "Your old flag pole is leaned a little bit,And that's a ragged old flag you got hangin' 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 thereWhen Washington took it across the Delaware.And It got powder burned the night Francis Scott Key sat watching itWriting "Say Can You See"It got a bad rip in New Orleans, with Packingham & JacksonTugging at it's seams.And it almost fell at the AlamoBeside 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 flagOn Flanders Field in World War IShe got a big hole from a Bertha GunShe turned blood red in World War IIShe hung limp, and low, a time or twoShe was in Korea, Vietnam, she went where she was sentBy her Uncle SamShe waved from our ships upon the briny foamAnd now they've about quit wavin' back here at homeIn her own good land here She's been abusedShe's been burned, dishonored, denied an' refusedAnd the government for which she standsHas scandalized throughout out the landAnd she's getting thread bare, and she's wearin' thinBut she's in good shape, for the shape she's inCause she's been through the fire beforeAnd I believe she can take a whole lot moreSo we raise her up every morningAnd we take her down every night,We don't let her touch the ground,And we fold her up right.On a second thoughtI do like to brag'Cause I'm mighty proud of that ragged old flag
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Johnny Cash (nacido como J. R. Cash, Kingsland, Arkansas, 26 de febrero de 1932-Nashville, 12 de septiembre de 2003) fue un cantante, compositor, músico y actor estadounidense. Considerado como uno de los músicos más influyentes del siglo XX. Considerado «el…
