Johnny Cash - Ragged Old Flag (Official Audio)
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- Опубліковано 23 лют 2017
- Official audio for "Ragged Old Flag" by Johnny Cash
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Johnny Cash was a legendary country music singer, songwriter and musician. Born on February 26, 1932 in Kingsland, Arkansas, Johnny made his way up to be one of the most influential artists of all time. His genre-spanning music embraced country, rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk, and gospel sounds with top hits such as “Ring of Fire,” “Walk the Line,” and “Folsom Prison Blues.” Honored with multiple Grammy awards throughout his lifetime, Johnny was also inducted into both the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame. He often collaborated with other popular music icons, such as Bob Dylan, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson, to name a few. Throughout his storied career, Johnny received numerous accolades and left an indelible impact on the genre of country music. He is revered and remembered to this day as an incomparable legend of the music industry.
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[Chorus:]
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
Johnny Cash once said during an interview " They have a right to burn the flag, well I have a right to bear arms and will shoot if they try to burn mine"
Fucking A right! We we're once a proud nation, not sure what happened but once my daughter said she wouldn't stand for the anthem in school, I took her ass to D.C. to learn WHY we stand! My Pop was a disabled veteran from Korea, her god father served, I served and am also a disabled vet! I pounded respect into her head! At one time she was gonna be a nurse and work at the VA. She decided to be a teacher instead.
Yes
God bless america and they aint taking my rights or my flag
Demicrats trying to take our rights listen to this song i will NEVER LET THEM TAKE THIS FLAG DOWN
Yes
She got hurt again in 2020, but she'll fly on still
But who knows if she’ll ever be the same again
U better believe she will.
Forever and ALWAYS brother. As long as patriots still are stirred and brought to their FEET (not their knee). I can't promise she will fly over my grave but she will Damn Sure wave over my life as long as I can draw breath and clench a fist.
@@x1stpreaper704 She'll be even better, and if you don't believe that then find another flag to salute or have some faith that the American ways will always prevail.
All my thoughts and strength from Scotland
UNC frat boys love that "Ragged old flag" too. Johnny would be proud.
"On second thought I do like to brag, because I'm mighty proud of that ragged old flag" that verse gets me every time
" Because she's been through the fire before an I believe she can take a whole lot more"
This stuff will pass... the flag will still fly. God Bless America!!
Yeah, guess that's how it will go down. Do not bet against America. Seems like everybody knows that except lots of Americans.
Just vote for trump and we will be fine. He’s the best choice right now.
America is dead. We should curse it and disband the Union. Why continue trying reform something that's already dead
@@helloeveryone5870 Trump sold us a bail of bad goods. Why did he not call army to put down the mob? Instead he huddled in his bunker while our streets were taken by blood thirsty commies
@@benjaminvardaman5248 What do you suggest? Lay down, turn over and give ourselves to the globalists??
That attitude is a big part of the problem!!
I think a lot of people need to hear this song more than ever.
I strongly agree let's recommend this to folks
Oh definitely. My town has a flag that they flew during the civil war. Kinda confusing, confederate and Union flags both flew in my town. They still have both.
@@justagreasemonkey Awesome! What town?
Yes
The people you want to hear this already know about this stuff. They resent it. It means nothing to them. They openly support evil.
I am a Canadian. I love seeing the American flag flying in the wind and I love this song.
And, the US Constitution is the greatest document ever written!
I agree my neighbor and friend. Next to the Holy Bible, the US Constitution is the greatest document ever written. If our nation was led by true Constitutionalists instead of corrupt politicians, the US would stand alone as the greatest nation in history. Only the corruption and ignorance of politicians stand in our path of success. Even our conservative party is infiltrated with corruption and foolish ideologies. May be time to take it all back and start fresh again.
@@williamhbonnie5514 well over time for ppl realizes we the people have power not politicians it wasn't wrote ther for hell of it the man wrote that document put it ther for a reason
@@homecyber32283 I totally agree. Just seems like people won't stand together anymore, which is where our power comes from. Unite and live by the Constitution and we could change anything. Divided we are wounded prey ready to be devoured. I'm ready for unity and taking back our country before it's totally destroyed by leftist liberal ideologies and ridiculous nonsensical thought processes. Don't know if we can survive 4 years of these idiots. God bless and help us all. Semper Fi
I don't see you as a Canadian my friend I see you as a brother aswell as an American
@@williamhbonnie5514 even as little respect I hold for the Christian faith, I agree with all my American brothers and sisters that it is ones right to practice their faith and by god I do not believe in I will die to protect their right to faith. May our flag of freedom fly eternally! 🇺🇸
I'm a Canadian, an Albertan. I'm pretty damn well informed on global geopolitics and history. Not since 1812 have our nations squabbled. You've been damn good neighbours to us, better than anyone I could ever ask for. I can't speak on behalf of other Canadians or the Canadian government, but when our Yank brothers really need us in this volatile world, you can bet I'll hold a rifle by your side. God bless our friendship, God bless our brotherhood, God bless Canada, and God less the USA.
God bless
God bless you, God bless you, brother, we need to stand together In this world right now that is heading downhill Keep praying, God is behind us.😊
As a US Army vet, Thank you.
A fellow Canadian and stands with your statement.
God bless you brother, God bless Canada.
As a Canadian, I must say proudly that we are grateful to have you guys as neighbours and brothers in arms!
If you ever get down to Alabama I have a place for you my friend
Swing by Alberta and you know where to come
And we love you back. Canada is such a beautiful country! Banff National Park is one of my favorite places in the world!
We are grateful for you too.
God bless you Brother. We love Canada and all her children!
Coming to this song because the current Crisis is making me waver but this Song always strengthens my resolve to get through hard times.
Amen.
I do hope when trump and the far right cronies of his are gone.
We can start rebuilding our society. Let things calm down for a few years.
@@thewingedhussar4188 Dems wanna destroy this country not Mr Trump! #MAGA
TheWinged Hussar yeah dude. Let’s let the commies win. Commies can get the b u l l u t e s too.
America has become so diverse in every sense of the word that no one knows 100% what America is supposed to be. I believe that America is dead. The land my ancestors conquered is no longer truly ours. It's nothing like it was at birth and it's nothing like it was even in the 1950s. Our history, our heritage is now being destroyed. But if we just hold on we can make America something new. Awaken the American dream. It is our modern day Manifest Destiny. We've lost alot, but we've yet to lose our blood. We the people have always been the embodiment of the Union.
Same here
THIS MAKES ME PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN
Hello how are you doing today
Fuck yeah 🇺🇸🇺🇸
i am british but the way my country has been given away i wished i was american citizen the second is your right... respect from across the pond..
❤️🤍💙
@@covidcol3505 You should be proud of your nation's history.
No matter how many times I listen to this song, I still get a tear in my eye. God bless America 🇺🇲
Thank you Veterans
Every time … when it gets to the part “she got cut with sword “
Your never alone same here and happy 😊 and beautiful 🤩 and blessed 😇 Fourth of July 🇺🇸 to all of you out there celebrate 🎉 responsively 🎸🥁🎹🎼🎧🎤🪗💪🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾👍🏿♥️🌭🍔🗽🇺🇸.
amen to that USMC 78-84
me too
God Bless.
As a Brit I know we take a verbal beating in this song, but, I’m just as proud as your Ragged Old Flag as I am my own.
Sure, we have had our ups and downs both as enemies and as allies but much of what is said of old glory in this video is true of our own Union Jack and I can’t think of any flags other than those of the US, Canada or the Anzacs that I would rather fly beside our own.
Brothers in Arms forever 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿❤️
Edited to share the love with our Pacific brothers and mates down under, I hadn’t forgotten about you but didn’t think so many of you would listen to this track.
Further edited: My thoughts and prayers are with you all today on September 11th, one of my mother’s colleagues sons was killed that awful day.
Greetings From The U.S God bless England And God bless America
Andrew Lopez Amen, Brother.
Dont forget the aussies 🇦🇺
lolitzevan kiwis too. The real colonies.
aegian48 damn right ❤️🇺🇸🇬🇧❤️
″Do not pray for easy lives, pray to be, stronger men″ - John Fitzgerald Kennedy - When zombies infiltrated the Pentagon
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@@663rainmaker Godzilla had a stroke trying to read this and fucking died
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@@killerkitten7534 Just the storm Dick, settle down.
To all Veterans - Thank You for your service. God Bless America.
You know, this song brings many a tear to my eyes. To think all this country has been through, yet every year we slip further away from what we were supposed to stand for. I had many a family member who died or were injured in the name of this great nation. My maternal grandfather immigrated here from Italy and the day he gained his citizenship pearl harbor happened, so he volunteered to use his skills as a mechanic in service of his new home, in his lifetime he saw the rights he enjoyed stripped away, and had he been alive today he would be appalled. I love this nation and should the need arise, I would do just what papa Sicilia did many moons ago, and dig my boots in to keep my friends, my family, and hell, even my enemies safe and comfortable.
❤
"Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them."
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
God Bless those who gave the ultimate sacrifice and died fighting for our nation, we will never forget. Freedom is not free 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Nathan Davies I agree with the statement, but FDR was a sack of shit. We should’ve listened to Patton, we could’ve avoided the cold war.
An just hope we can restore that freedom once the angry orange man is behind bars.
So we can get back to rebuilding what has been destroyed by him and his administration.
It won't be easy and we certainly have to work hard. But, we have to start some where.
TheWinged Hussar I take your comment to mean you hope for a Biden victory. I hope you realize Biden sides with the rioters who are tearing this country apart and has been quiet as so many of our traditions and monuments have been torn down. Trump isn’t perfect but it’s clear he loves this country.
@@thewingedhussar4188 orange idiot or the party that wants to take away freedom of speech, right to bare arms, innocent until proven guilty and burn the flag... Sorry I will take 4 years of bumbling over communists boomers.
Douglas MacArthur Truman stopped Patton not FDR...
She is on fire right now, my fellow Americans. But I’ll be damned if I’ll let them take her down.
Me and my Forty Eight star flag, look at you and your fifty. And we say, the the fire, through the flames, through everything inbetween, I’ll be damned, my father will be damn, and my Grandftaher would be damned, to see our flag be burned.
@@letsgoblue9596 On youtube look up and listen to This Old Flag, told by Johnny Cash. If you really want to be shocked and hear the truth put out several decades back, listen to " If I were the devil" narrated by Paul Harvey. If that isn't a prophecy come true, I don't know what is.
@@marcussmith3969 I don’t care what political side your on, that’s exactly what some Democrats and some Republicans are trying to do. With their respective News shows protecting them.
its already over. you just arent paying attention.
@@jaketheraper5057 We are, and we know the hell we're all in. But She will survive
God bless the United States of America
Despite what people try to say or make it seem to be. This kind of proud patriotism is coming back, from all walks of life. White, black, hell even my Mexican friends. They know a good thing when they see one. This country isn't for sell
I heard a good saying about the flag and the people burning it "the people burning the flag had never been handed a folded one" I don't know who said it but it is one of the most true quotes ever
Although you may not respect the government, you should respect the men that died for the flag to wave.
@@chadhunter6250 amen to that
Damn true. Nor have they ever bled for it.
I was presented my dad's flag November 28, 2019. 23 years USAF.
If people don't like our country or our flag LEAVE.
It’s 2021 boys. We’ve already seen a lot of shit in such a short amount of time. Let’s see how she flies gentlemen. I’m willing to be proud of that old flag, and it’s up to us to keep her up and flying. I’m not giving up, even with all that has happened. God Bless America and God Bless our old flag 🇺🇸. Who’s with me?
Me too
me too
Me too
So sick of these tards our country is the best there has ever been God Bless America
Me Too I'll Always Love & Respect Our Flag
As a young American, words can't express how much this means to me. I spend my whole childhood being taught how to pick out and analyze every mistake our country has ever made, to notice every flaw, to be ashamed of where I came from. Even though I know that was never the goal of my parents or teachers and I'm lucky for my education, I had never really heard a word of patriotism from anyone but myself until I was 13 and heard this for the first time. I was shocked to here these words from someone like Johnny, a life long hero of mine, someone who has done so much good and helped me get through my mom's addictions, it really opened my eyes in a new way. I truly do believe that change and improvement is impossible without patriotism, we must love America enough to keep it going, enough to acknowledge it's flaws and work to fix them. American is nowhere near perfect but it is beautiful and I love it all the same. I am a highschool senior going to study U.S. history next year and that's all thanks to Johnny, as many things in my life tend to be. You are a true American hero, rest in peace.
You’re right. From the moment I stepped into a public school I have been assaulted by a history that only discredits my heritage or attacks my faith. Even my race is attacked every time there’s an opportunity.
My peers have been molded into the image of our accusers.
I recognise the truth. That a tree is most easily felled when it’s roots are shallow.
My people have been extricated from their history and that is for a reason. Because if we have any concept that the nation our father’s died for is worth anything, perhaps we’ll raise a fuss when they try to destroy it from within and tyrannize a nation conceived in liberty.
I think they’ve won though.
And I’m hopeless to stop it.
I agree man. Everyone loves to roar and scream about how terrible this place is, and how bad we do, but when it comes down to it, we are an amazing country
I Thank you son for your words of Truth and Patriotism.
@@theengineerinabox2385 my grandfather wrote a beautiful poem that needs to be heard. I wish I had it with me. It’s about this very subject. He was one of the first 100 green berets.
@@theengineerinabox2385 But have you noticed that everyone that talks about America seem to never leave.
One thing that people often forget is that the Flag doesn't stand for the government or any other sitting office member, nor does it stand for their ideals: it stands for the people and their courage to fight for what is righteous and true. If ever someone is disgusted by the great Anerican Flag, they have lost sight of that grand Flag's purpose.
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of The United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, on Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Fyi the under god line is just propaganda.
wym
@@thesundayshow1310 it was added in the 50s because the us wanted to be contrary to the ussr even tho its anti American to have undergod in our pledge
Brad Murray
Ya and our money says god on it and EVERY session of congress opens with a prayer. Every police dept. has a Chaplin. So what's your point?
@@c3pfett Brad just pointed out something that changed the pledge to how we know it today, no need to be a dick about it.
Fun fact that a majority of politicians come from predominantly caucasian genealogy and a few other ethnic makeups whom were usually raised in a Christian household, so it makes sense for such prayers to come around.
All Americans have to stop desecrating the Flag. It is our symbol of unity.
...And the symbols of forgiveness such as all the statues, flags and monuments that were allowed to be put up in places of prominence to remind people and show future generations the COST OF WAR!
@@crabbinmoose8583 nah just burn everything, ignorance and destruction in the name of the new woke religious order...
If they are burning it they are not Americans
Bed bugs kneeling during the Anthem. I can’t take it!!
Some have not figured this out yet
MY father, all my uncles, my three sons, my son in-law and myself are all combat veterans. Serving our great nation in the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corp in WWII, Korea, Viet Nam, Iraq and Afghanistan. In fact my relatives have been American fighting men from the time of our Revolution. My grandsons are carrying on that tradition this very day. I know many families with the same history as mine and I am sure that there will be many more in the future. We love our old USA! To our Canadian neighbors I wish to say that I served in Afghanistan and areas in the middle east with some of Canada's armed forces and am proud to call them my brothers and sisters.
“On second thought, I do like to brag, because I’m mighty proud of that ragged old flag.”
My husband is a VietNam veteran and flys the American flag proudly he is not bitter one bit serving his country in VietNam
So he is now old
@@muhhanifbakari2451 you spelt knob wrong.😎✌
Thank you for your service and God bless you ♡
Tell him I said thank you
@Brent Preller How about you be quiet and just thank her husband for serving a war that was in vein...?
Johnny Cash … An American Patriot and hero.
Living in Nashville, I saw him several times!
The LEGEND AND WHO I'D WRITE IN FOR MY ELECTION YEAR 2020 IF HE WAS ALIVE
How many times have you been through fire?
He will be one fouraver
@jim spurlock he served in the army before idiot
It is a shame that people forget this song is about the US healing from the atrocities of the Vietnam war.
"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.'"
The faith he is referring to is what made America, America! That we will stand up for what is right. Hold our government accountable through mass protests. All so we can get back on track as a united country & continue to show everyone how resilient we are as a nation.
I'd argue that resiliency is fading now. And both political parties are to blame for it. We're more divided than ever & there is no sign of it getting any better.
We the people are to blame for this as we egged on these major divisions between each other. There is no one to blame but ourselves. By making being a Republican or Democrat your entire identity, you are failing this country.
Despite the flaws in our country... ill be the first to admit, i still see the good in it. Despite the corrupt politicians, police and the citizens in a constant struggles, i think we can all agree this here can make any grown person sing.
On second thought I do like to brag
Because I'm mighty proud
Of that Ragged Old Flag
I get chills when Johnny says “because she’s been through the fire before and I believe she can take a lot more” I love this country and I love my fellow Americans who feel the same way as me 🇺🇸❤️
I will stand with you and many to defend this land. God bless you.🙂
I love my country and fellow Americans as well!! Can't wait to join the Army soon!! God bless you my friend and God bless America!😍🇺🇸
Just a few months off from enlistment, I don't want any luck following me, just Prayers. Amen.
@@Nomadic_Inquisitor prayers to you and our country 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you. It means allot to see the people of this nation are willing to stand up for the same things our men and women in the armed forces believe in.
Trouble is some in our own gov. Disrespects that flag that so many good patriots died for...God bless our patriots
If this offends you then i will help you pack!
This is why we're all broke now. Because we don't have Cash anymore...
I think we need RAMBO my self! 🇺🇸🇬🇧🙏☝️🇨🇦
Goddamnit that was a good one
Trump2020 man
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Send in the Marines!!! @Tigerheart101 I don't know if I should laugh or cry at your comment!!! I think I'll do both. I hope that you have a wonderful and blessed day my friend and please stay safe!!! 😊😊 🐧🐧
Um the numbers never lie js :)
Johnny Cash was hands down the most badass country singer in history!
Hans Olafsen Melbye He was and he was as tough as nails.
You can't forget Waylon Jennings
He wasn't country. He was his own genre.
Hans Olafsen Melbye yep and that is why they called him a legend in country music
And Tennessee Ernie Ford, a Singer,/Actor and Bombardier in a B-29 Super Fortress, Him and Johnny Cash are both badass
I'm 60 years old and hearing this always brings a tear to my eyes and damn proud of it!
Amen Brother 🙏 59 here 🇺🇸
People do not understand that despite its faults one of the greatest American exports is freedom and this came with a great price to the American people.
PS I am not American but I would like to believe that there are people in my country who love their country as much as some Americans love theirs.
When I hear this, I think of the moment when the marines raised the flag on Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima.
I know right!!! I always get misty eyed when I see that!!! It breaks my heart seeing all that is going on right now. We've taken 10 steps forward and 15 steps back. SMFFH!!! We shall overcome this as well!!!
The Marine in the far right of that picture that’s kneeling got killed after that picture was taken
The mountain was taller , before the bombardment,it actually got lowered, from the assault
I'm not american, but I couldn't help but feel patriotic for some reason. Awesome song!
Damn right
oberstul what are you?
God bless you and thanks
Same here man
Same here
I too am proud of that ragged old flag for all it has given me. Proud Indian American (from India), god bless the USA.
That Ragged old Flag. We love her and salute her.
I still cry when I hear this song. I took the oath to protect This Nation from enemies foreign and domestic. And my oath didn't expire when my enlistment did.
Amen brother .
That oath is forever
Thank You for your service!! I didn't serve but wish I had.
Thank you for your service. You are appreciated.
Thank you for your service
Far too many have forgotten what this flag stands for; 600,000 dead in the civil war. The only land we kept in two world wars was used to bury our dead; who fought to free Europe and the world twice. Dont forget Korea and Vietnam and now the middle east. We owe a debt to young men who went to war and never came home; or came home with scars both seen and unseen. God Bless them all; and God Bless America.
@-Vicki-My love for this song is unexplainable . Needed in fallout . I guess he’s your favorite country musician, Right ?.
God bless America!!!!!!
You're acting like the Union Victory in the War of Northern Aggression is a self-evidently good thing.
@@mikebastiat can you just shut up and let us enjoy it? Stop acting like an idiot
@@narcotics-eb3om Nothing but bootlickers in the comments here. Johnny Cash was a propagandist.
My Father served our great country for 22 years. Flew a Flag till he passed in 2014. His Flag he had flying from his house the day he died was faded, torn and disheveled. I took it down but didn't have the heart to dispose of it, even in the respectible way. He loved that Flag, so i retired it to a beautiful mahogany Flag case, folded in the proper way and it still sits on my bookcase to this day. My most prized possession. Worn, faded, and just as beautiful as the one I was given at his funeral.❤❤❤
These words are timeless. GOD BLESS THE USA!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I don't think I've *ever* listened to this with dry eyes.
same here ive heard it alot but i always have a tear when i hear it again , i cant wait to join the usmc this year at 26
Ruben T yeah
I cry everytime
right on brother! seriously if not your not American....we fought for this land!
I didn't cry one bit
Seen the flag getting burned in the news I looked at the flag outside my home and said to myself it’s really been through a lot but still stands tall and beautiful with all its rips and faded colors
bill gates they will never take our ol glory away from us and they’re are enough patriots I believe we are united all for one beautiful part about this country but Glory will forever live on
@bill gates Old Glory is as touph as they come, I believe she can take a whole lot more. We will stand with her and fight along side her no matter the cost! Shes survived alot, and I believe she can take a whole lot more. Good ALWAYS prevails!
@@cornbread_cornfed376 I stand with you from Germany.
@bill gates it will still stand no matter how much it's been disrespected even if no one is there
@@zawen6935 Thank you! That means alot!
This song brings me to tears every time I hear it. My father was in WW 2 and my husband in Vietnam, so this song means even more to me.
Hello how are you doing today
I’m still proud of that ragged old flag🇺🇸
An ex-con with more respect for our flag than some politicans.
Who Johnny?? Johnny never served one day in prison. He only played at prisons.
@@ITSONLYMEWATCHING Jail yes prison youre right...no.
I'm not a excon I'm a good one
So true
Dude ur stupid he only went to jail for pills hes only sang at a prison he never lived in a prison unless you count him doing pills and it fucking his life up but other than that hes never been to prison
This.. is why I won’t stand down to some random smug teenager on the internet saying America is bad, sure it’s flawed, beaten and burnt, the pickle we’re in isn’t helping either, but to look upon that flag, and say “what a beautiful rag.”
Me too man
Greetings from Germany. Stay strong, wise and proud🇩🇪🤝🇺🇸
Hell yeah and gott segna
We have our folded flag in a shadow box! The man it represents was a great man and loved deeply by our whole family!
“Land of the Free and the Home of the brave”
land of the free because of the brave
I'm a US Army veteran who served our country during the Vietnam era. I will ALWAYS honor that old flag whenever our anthem is played. Too many Americans died to keep this country free. I joined the military when the U.S. started pulling back troops from Vietnam in 1973. I love this country and dying for it was never a problem for me. I know that Vietnam was a very unpopular war. Which war is popular? All wars are bad. There are things that go on that soldiers returning home don't want to talk about. This country has been through a lot and we are still going through more. We should always honor those who died for this country. I hope and pray that our country will heal and continue to be a land of opportunity for all people. We are all, afterall, children of God. God bless that old flag and the United States of America.
Thank you for your service. My dad did two deployments in Viet Nam. Civilians just don't understand what military life is about and the price that is paid to keep them free. My dad refused to talk about what he experienced.
May God bless you and you find peace.
Thank you Armando!! I served 20 yrs, did my tour in the Middle East and I would do it again God bless you and all our veterans we can leave this earth knowing we did what we thought was right in the face of adversity ,3 of my 4 kids also served
@@jamesgarcia2905 Thank you for your service.
Thank you Armando. You have my respect. Coming back from Iraq I was greeted by vets at the Bangor airport. I felt undeserving because many of them were Vietnam Vets who never got a welcome home like they gave me. Thank you and your brothers for serving our country.
Thank you for your service!🇺🇸
On this day on May 1st 2024 and im still so very proud of my ragged old flag GOD BLESS OUR U.S.A HOOAH!!!!!
As a Vietnam Air Force veteran this poem means a lot to me, brings a few tears to my eyes. I am certainly proud of that flag and proud to have served my country. We are going through some difficult times right now, however, I have faith that we will overcome the challenges...we always have! God bless this great country.
🇺🇸🤝🇻🇳
I don't care who you are. Have some pride in where you live. God bless the US
Amen!
Yesteryear, when a nation's flag showed up on the battlefield, the flagbearer was the main target. When the Star Spangled Banner was written, the terms of battles were the flag falls, the British win. And we have citizens consider our national flag that represents our Republic nothing more than pieces of cloth.
that flag shall wave until god and his angels come down here on earth
God* capital g
@@andrewpropson8464 You know, some say GOD is American.
Texan, even.
@@michaelarterbury9411 he is and he's alive today, chuck norris is amazing
Amen, Ole Glory Waves at my House--24/7/365....
Amen brotha Amen
Thank you. If this could just stir in the hearts of all Americans.
It does, Brother.
God bless U.S.A and rest in peace Johnny Cash and all the soldier's who died for our and thank you to all veterans who's served for there country
I cried because I love my flag and I hate that my country is disrespecting her
Only the left is most Ameircans love Old Glory.
bulldogsbob
All I saw was left and a jumble of words so I'm thinking you mean the "left" in political terms, the left are the ones who repeatedly burn the flag in rallies and protests in front of Americans, the radicals of the left believe in communism (our flag don't take to kindly to communists or socialists), the worst of the left throw molotovs at cops and enemy protesters and rioters and expect bloodshed usually, the right is the right side.
The right is right.
The cloth is a symbol, you and I are America.
@@prophetcitrus9638 both democrats and republicans are Americans... just like we don't like to be generalized by the flag-burners, you wouldn't eat to be generalized by the racists and bigots who call your party home.
If you truly love your country, this will move you.
i literally cried at the last part the first time I heard it. Such a great song
Turned into a mess after 0:42
Brought tears to my eyes.
The end always makes me tear up.
Thank you for your comment fellow patriot.
Super Bowl 2023🎉🎉
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Psalm 33:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen as his heritage!
im shipping out for basic today 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I know your comment is old, but what branch are you in and are you doing okay?
It’s late but I wish you the best of luck
Did you pass
Good fo you you
Thank you for your service sir🇺🇸
She went to Korean and Vietnam, also to Iraq and Afghanistan, she went where she was sent by her Uncle Sam.
Saw where the lyrical flow could fit those two in rather well and figured I'd humbly add them for my fellow OIF and OEF Vets.
That's my dad! He served in OIF OEF
Every TRUE American should take those words to heart. That way he or she can't be swayed by the blandishments and sophistry of demagogues like Bonespurs, the "Squad" and the like.
Thank you to all who served, sharing this song out today! 🇺🇲🙏❤
thank you from a vet gw
This Canadian respects that rugged old flag just as much as I respect mine and I love mine
@Kimberly-My love for this song is unexplainable . Needed in fallout . I guess he’s your favorite country musician, Right ?.
Thank you I wish you and your country good times
That’s great. Salute
Not even American... but this... this tells you all you need to know. About the nation, and all that flags stand for. Salute and respect! Perfect...
That ragged old flag is still beautiful.
@@danielhendry5375 Its what makes them beautifull. Not the pristine and clean high chairs of government, but the piss sweat and blood shed in her name. I love my own country, but having visited the US, having made many friends from over there, i can without a doubt atest that the "Land of the free" is not a slogan, you are the most freedom loving people in the world, and for that alone i admire you. The kids that are rioting in the streets are just misguided kids... if they trully lived in tyrrany... well they wouldn't be pulling the crap they are... try that in most EU countries, see how it works out... Keep your heads up folks, it gets worse but it gets better.
R.I.P. johnny cash he had a lot of great music
God bless this great American Johnny Cash 🙏
I may not make a friends with this but God bless the United States of America 🇺🇸. I would not want to live anywhere else. Happy 4th everyone
Maybe Greenland
I will be your friend!!
I want to second your comment god Bless America
God bless America
So sad people would hate us for saying God Bless America
Have a good 4th of July from Scotland! I didn't realise it was today until I listened to this song. I'm not even American and it makes me feel patriotic.
Edit: Thanks for all the kind replies! I will try my best to answer whoever does. But something to add, while the comments calling me brother are nice, I am a teenage girl. 😂
You guys will always have Braveheart for patriotism. Luckily Mel also made The Patriot for Americans to watch tonight.
@@woodboard532 I despise Braveheart. 😂
It's not about the day it's about everything that indapence was faught for
That’s the power of America
I've heard this play on the Michael Berry show every year since 2015. I love it.
There is more history in that song than the schools are teaching today, we need more songs like'em! God Bless America--and Johnny Cash :)
"The government for wich she stands has been scandalized across the land." So true for the world we live in today.
Do you see my picture? I served in the Republic of Vietnam 1968. We were told we couldn't fly our USA Flag. I spent a fortnight in a field hospital. We were under constant attack. I wrote home and told my family to fly the Flag. My grandfather put one up and flew it until he died. I'm bitter at government people telling me I couldn't fly my Flag! When I got home, I would attend high school football games. The bands would play the Star Spangled Banner and I'd cry remembering the sacrifice of many. The crowd would clap, but I couldn't while we were still at war. Now, after the law was passed that veterans can salute our Flag, I proudly salute, but I don't clap afterwards because we still have troops in the field of war. God bless the USA.
Thank you for your service. I wish Vietnam turned out differently. I remember watching a documentary on youtube about on Hue City.
During the battle the U.S. Marines recaptured the Imperial Palace. The U.S. Higher ups ordered that no U.S. flag was to fly on the flag pole. But one of the Marines happened to have a U.S. flag on him, and the Marines rised the flag over the Imperial Palace. A Luietenet (or Captian) told the Higher ups about the flag, and the Highers ups started barking orders about taking it down. The Luietenet told the Highers ups "Sir, if you what that flag down. Then come tell them your self."
It's been while since I saw that video. But it's on youtabe. I think it comes from the History Channel, but I am not to sure.
@@fristnamelastname5549 Kind Sir, I was drafted and dead set against the conflict. I remember thinking I was like a British Redcoat in Vietnam. I liked the Vietnamese people. I did my duty. We live under the Rule of Law in the USA. We just have some bad people. Eaglegards...
@politicalboffin
Ahem few things first off yes I disagree with the Vietnam war & the draft and thank you for your service willing or not.
As for the last part... F*ck off
Thank you very much SIR for your services and sacrifices and to your wife and children GOD BLESS THE USA 🇺🇸
I’m different, but not by much, you had no choice but still fought. I said screw it and threw away the collages that I had scholarships to to fight for this free land. My Grandfather took one loom at his Red White and Black stripes and said, that’s the flag I stand for. He then took a look at his Union Jack, and said, I’ll be damned to see my Red White and Black stand for that. He fought, for all he was worth. His son, my father, decided that Red wasn’t good, and so off to Korea he went and fought. Then there’s me, but not by draft, no, I chose to fight, for the freedom my Parents saw in this country. So yes, God bless the Red White and Blue, the Maple Leaf, The Union Jack, The Red White and Black of the once great Empire, and God bless my home, of Orange White and Green.
johnny, if only you were here now to sing this song
Sadly, the snowflakes would call him racist. That's just how fucked up our world is today, it's so progressive, that they're actually not making any "progress."
Prussian Monarchist
But you're a monarchist why aren't you on their side, the side who want to establish monarchist/socialism/communism?
Monarchism is much different than socialism and communism. Monarchism is very far right, and believe in having a hereditary ruler who rules for the good of the people with complete power. Socialism is where the government steals money from everyone, distributes it, and makes everyone equally poor. Socialism is all about being PC as well, and making the rich, who worked tirelessly to earn their money, just as poor as everyone else by stealing their money. Monarchism isn't hte same as communism/socialism, they are MUCH MUCH MUCH different beliefs.
To be honest, I'm glad he's not here. I'd hate for him to see what's become of this beautiful nation.
@@prophetcitrus9638 Monarchism is as far-right as it gets dude
I dedicate this song to all veterans and all disabled Americans. Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤
Thank You For Your Support. TF ret.
I was brought up with Johnny Cash.💙🇺🇸 Never surrender.
He wrote this song in the city I was born and raised. A Little town in upstate new York, Binghamton. I'm 21 and I love johnny cash. May his soul rest in peace ❤
I’m from longisland
We still have hope when Young ones like you realize what this means!
Now tell your friends & get involved locally to turn the tide please!
Isn't Binghamton a city?
@@billybatts9491 ah. I got family there, always felt like a city. But I guess it's not much bigger than Saratoga?
@@billybatts9491 I looked it up, Binghamton is considered a city do to the 2 other town it's with.
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
Thank you 🤘🏼 🇺🇸
This audio should be required to play in every school because this audio speaks of America as a whole not based out of division like political parties.
I’m proud of our flag. I know what she stands for❤️🤍💙
We'll see if she can make it this time. I love my country and I love my flag. Lord help us. ✝️🇺🇸🦅
This country could be burned the ash and that flag will still be waving proud.
Amen 🙏
@@Amoogus someone somewhere
Stay strong brother we will make it though
"She's been through the fire before and I believe she can take a whole lot more" 🇺🇲🙏
Respect from Australia 🇦🇺🇺🇸
I served with your countrymen in Iraq and I must say by far I loved each and every Aussie I ever met God bless Australia
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Thank You. And the same to you.
Weeb.
Respect back from the Us
I'm super proud being half American whenever I'm listening to this speech. 🥰🥰 Love from New Zealand, and God bless the United States of America! 🥰🤠
Don't let them take OUR flag. That flag doesn't stand for the government, it stands for the people. Keep that beautiful piece of red, white, and blue no matter what you have to do for liberty. Don't let them take it from you. It is yours. Your family's. Your community's. Not theirs.
Quite possibly the greatest country singer ever
definitely the most bad ass
Lefty Frizzell, Merle Haggard, George Jones, Hank Locklin, Ray Price, Faron Young, are just a few of the best country vocalists that come to my mind. Johnny Cash is for sure one of Country's best writers.
I'd say he transcends 'country'. His appeal goes way beyond 'country'. He was a national treasure.
itd like a poem, amazing!
Hands down.
I literally get tears in my eyes every time I hear this. I'm a very proud Veteran and I love that flag more than words can say. No matter where I was deployed I always had our flag there. My oath of enlistment will end when I die. U.S. Army 1988-2006 91B Combat Medic/12B Combat Engineer/88M Convoy Driver/19D Cavalry Scout. I love my country dearly and I fought hard for it. I hope I made a difference, I really tried my heart out too.
Thank you for your service my friend.
I salute to you
INFIDEL piss on the nfl
Thank you for your service, when I turn 18 I plan on joining the Army and serving this great country.Hopefully I can do my country,and our flag and all who have fought for it in the past proud.
1-22 4th ID 11B lost my best friend PFC Sean Tharp March 28th 2006 I was wounded May 23rd 2006..... Thank you for your service... There's no need to say that... We are brothers... We bleed green... What makes the grass grow... Blood blood bright red blood!!!! Steadfast and loyal.... Regulars by God... Deeds not words... I am the Infantry follow me!!!!
My mom, rest her soul 🙏🏼past 3 years ago at the age of 103 loved him she knew his bio and how deep he was. She told me about his jail time and how he acknowledged his mistakes. I love America 🇺🇸 the home
Of the free and brave 🇺🇸❤GodBless
happy 4th of July every one!! God Bless America.. MAGA
This song just about sums it up, we got a broken country torn apart by corrupt and divisive politicians, riots and unrest in the streets, talks of a civil war, plots on governors, cops being killed, troops still overseas, one of the worst pandemics we’ve seen in 100 years, all while the flag burns in our streets. But at the end of the day we have hard working people in this country who will prove to be the stronger force. My friend and mentor who was a retired military colonel before he passed away summed it up when he said that people don’t understand what has been given to give them the basic liberties we enjoy. We will pull through we always do. Have faith in our system and we can bring each other out of this together.
I’m proud of that ragged old flag🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Coming from a huge patriotic American guy being 24 years old we need this song played every damn day on repeat
To all my fellow Americans listening to this “Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.”