Have to say something...
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By gotmoosic
The featured reviewer has to be part of the "blame America first" crowd. To call "Ragged Old Flag" over-the-top patriotism is treason, in my opinion. This song IS a tribute to the men and women who carried this nation's flag into battle BUT also reflects on times when we weren't feeling very patriotic--and as Cash points out, "(The flag) waved on, though". So this isn't a "rah-rah! Go America! Love it, or leave it!" hyper-patriotic song as the featured reviewer would seem to think. The orchestral arrangement is befitting a song that covers a topic of this magnitude. It is an honest, but reverant telling of this nation's highs and lows gathered under one flag..."and I'm mighty proud of that Ragged Old Flag".