The Highwaymen - Ragged Old Flag (American Outlaws: Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1990)

Great job on this song!

Thank you, my friend Sgt (Join to see) for posting the music video of The Highwaymen performing Ragged Old Flag live at Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY 1990.

Ragged Old Flag - Johnny Cash
Lyrics
"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 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 watching it writing say can you see
And it got a bad rip in New Orleans
With Packingham and Jackson tuggin' 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, Beauregard, and Bragg
And the south wind blew hard on that ragged old flag
On Flanders field in World War one
She got a big hole from a Bertha gun
She turned blood red in World War Two
She hung limp and low a time or two
She was in Korea and Vietnam
She went where she was sent by Uncle Sam
She waved from our ships upon the Briny foam
And now they've about quit waving her back here at home
In her own good land here she's been abused
She's been burned, dishonored, denied, and refused
And the government for which she stands
Is scandalized throughout the land
And she's getting threadbare and wearing thin
But she's in good shape for the shape she's in
'Cause she's been through the fire before
And I believe she can take a whole lot more
So we raise her up every morning
We take her down every night
We don't let her touch the ground and we fold her up right
On second thought, I do like to brag
'Cause I'm mighty proud of that ragged old flag"

FYI SFC (Join to see)cmsgt-rickey-denickeLTC (Join to see)SGT Robert R.CPT Tommy CurtisSGT (Join to see)
SGT Steve McFarlandCol Carl WhickerSSG Michael Noll
A1C Ian WilliamsPVT Kenneth KrauseSPC Chris Bayner-Cwik
TSgt David L.SSG Robert Mark OdomSP5 Jesse Engel
SPC Matthew LambSSG Robert "Rob" WentworthSPC Nancy GreeneSSG Franklin Briant

The Highwaymen - Ragged Old Flag (American Outlaws: Live at Nassau Coliseum, 1990
TSgt David L. SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SP5 Jeannie Carle Maj Rev. Fr. Samuel WATERS - Traditional RC Priest Sgt Albert Castro LTC Stephen C. SSG Donald H "Don" Bates SPC Margaret Higgins LTJG Josh Thaxton SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth SGT Kevin Foley Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth cmsgt-rickey-denicke-sr MSgt Stephen Council CWO3 Dave Alcantara Sgt John H. SP5 Mark Kuzinski SPC Douglas Bolton SSG Jose M. Hernandezsanchez Sgt Kelli Mays