Ragged Old Flag
Galilee GAL-110 · Nashville, Tennessee
- Artist
- The Beattys
- Title
- Ragged Old Flag
- Release
- Ragged Old Flag
- Label
- Galilee # GAL-110
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Songwriter
- Johnny Cash
- Genre
- Country · Country Gospel
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Notes
Galilee Records GAL-110, Side A (U-28201), white label on red vinyl; "Ragged Old Flag" (Cash), 4:43, Songs of Cash Pub., ASCAP; produced by Woody Beatty, engineer Kevin McManus; "Galilee Records – A Division of Sonlite Records, 105 Oak Valley Dr., Nashville, TN 37207". The picture sleeve, titled "The Ragged Old Flag", shows a waving American flag between stars-and-stripes bands, with the Galilee logo and "GAL 110". A printed insert signed Chris White, Sonlite/Charity/Galilee Records, calls the flag "Ole Glory", a battered piece of cloth that still stands the test of time, and says that "we, as Christians, must continue to pray that even though she may be ragged, through the grace of God, she will still stand the test of time." [From the record sleeve and labels]
Themes
Patriotic · Bicentennial · WW2 · Korea · Flag · Anti-Protest · Flag Burning