I'm Proud to Be a Hippie From Mississippi
M.S.R. 572 · Hollywood, California
- Artist
- Rod Rogers
- Title
- I'm Proud to Be a Hippie From Mississippi
- Release
- I'm Proud to Be a Hippie From Mississippi / The Reindeer Song
- Label
- M.S.R. # 572
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Songwriter
- Macarthur Reagan
- Genre
- Folk · Psychedelic Folk
Annotation
I'm Proud to Be a Hippie From Mississippi (Rogers, Rodd) M.S.R. Records # 572. Song-poem, California. Novelty. Answer record to Merle Haggard - Okie From Muskogee. Draft card burning, drugs, counter-culture. Lyrics attributed to Macarthur Reagan. "Hey, we don't smoke marijuana unless we want some Sometimes we take a trip on LSD We always burn our draft card on bank street Cause we don't believe in fighting to be free Sometimes we make a party out of loving But we like a pretty woman and and the things at college We even let our hair grow long and shaggy We just like the hippie style in San Francisco Some people laugh at my roman sandals But let them laugh, they've got the right Marijuana is what we smoke in the daytime LSD when we go to bed at night I'm proud to be a hippie from Mississippi There is no place to swear at all I've never seen the flags wave on the courthouse But let me tell you, every night I have a ball... We got almost anything that turns you own
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Draft Songs
I'm Proud to Be a Hippie From Mississippi (Rogers, Rodd) M.S.R. Records # 572. Song-poem, California. Novelty. Answer record to Merle Haggard - Okie From Muskogee. Draft card burning, drugs, counter-culture. Lyrics attributed to Macarthur Reagan. "Hey, we don't smoke marijuana unless we want some / Sometimes we take a trip on LSD / We always burn our draft card on bank street / Cause we don't believe in fighting to be free / Sometimes we make a party out of loving / But we like a pretty woman and and the things at college / We even let our hair grow long and shaggy / We just like the hippie style in San Francisco / Some people laugh at my roman sandals / But let them laugh, they've got the right / Marijuana is what we smoke in the daytime / LSD when we go to bed at night / I'm proud to be a hippie from Mississippi / There is no place to swear at all / I've never seen the flags wave on the courthouse / But let me tell you, every night I have a ball... / We got almost anything that turns you own"
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Song poem
About the artist
Pseudonym of Rodd Keith (born Rodney Keith Eskelin, 30 January 1937). Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, the best-known figure of the song-poem genre, recording hundreds of compositions from amateur-submitted lyrics under names including Rod Rogers. Died 15 December 1974, falling from an overpass onto the Hollywood Freeway, Los Angeles, California, USA. [Source: Wikipedia; LA Times via Last.fm]
Themes
Draft · Draft Card Burning · Song Poem · Counter-Culture & Hippies · Drugs