“Ragged Old Flag”: A New Version that Johnny Cash Wouldn’t Have Recognized, of a Nation that “The Man in Black” Wouldn’t Have Recognized

[“‘Ragged, Old Flag’: Hear the Late Johnny Cash, May He Rest in Peace, Give an Impromptu Rendition of His Song.”]

By Grand Rapids Anonymous
Monday, July 4, 2022 at 1:23:00 P.M. EDT

Ragged Old Flag (Since 1989)

We’ve heard about the travels,
Of the Ragged Old Flag,
Its greatness was self-evident.
It had no need to brag.

But since this song was written,
Our nation’s been eaten away,
By commies and by blacks,
Every single day.

9/11 began the free fall,
The day that thousands died.
And if it could have done so,
Our Flag, it would have cried.

And so began the ending,
To the country we once knew.
They started taking away our rights,
From Whites like me and you.

Our Ragged Old Flag kept watching,
As Whites were pushed aside.
And if it could have done so,
Our Flag, it would have cried.

Then riots and election fraud,
Spread throughout the land.
The country started sinking,
As if in thick quicksand.

They tried to covid vaxx us,
With no right to decide,
And if it could have done so,
Our Flag, it would have cried.

Where all of this is going,
It’s difficult to say.
But our Ragged Old Flag’s still flying,
Hopeful—of a better day.

--GRA