One on the Right Is on the Left
1966 · Columbia 4-43496 · New York City, New York
- Artist
- Johnny Cash
- Title
- One on the Right Is on the Left
- Release
- The One on the Right Is on the Left / Cotton Pickin' Hands
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Columbia # 4-43496
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- New York City, New York, USA
- Songwriter
- J.H. Clement
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
One on the Right Is on the Left, The (Cash, Johnny) Country, anti-protest, anti-folk Keep you politics out of songs One of the members of the group draft There once was a musical troupe / A pickin' singin' folk group / They sang the mountain ballads / And the folk songs of our land / They were long on musical ability / Folks thought they would go far / But political incompatibility led to their downfall / Well, the one on the right was on the left / And the one in the middle was on the right / And the one on the left was in the middle / And the guy in the rear was a Methodist / This musical aggregation toured the entire nation / Singing the traditional ballads / And the folk songs of our land / They performed with great virtuosity / And soon they were the rage / But political animosity prevailed upon the stage / Well, the one on the right was on the left / And the one in the middle was on the right / And the one on the left was in the middle / And the guy in the rear burned his driver's license Well the curtain had ascended / A hush fell on the crowd / As thousands there were gathered to hear the folk songs of our land / But they took their politics seriously / And that night at…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Born 26 February 1932, Kingsland, Arkansas, USA. Died 12 September 2003, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Themes
In collections
Draft Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs