I guess they is goin’ to ban “Dixie” next. I still recall opening the song book, turning the pages, and proudly singing the first verse:
“Oh. I wish I was in the land of cotton.
My feet stink, but yours are rotten...”
circa 1953 - J.N. Long Elementary, 3rd grade, Mrs. Craighead presiding
Sorry, no disrespect to the Southland or Mrs. C. intended. It was a long time ago in an America I used to know as a child.
BTW. This flag business is going to cause us real problems here in Texas, namely what will we use in place of the Confederate flag in our “Six Flags Over Texas’ advertisements. I guess it doesn’t really matter since everybody knows we are all racists down here. /s
IT will change the name to FIVE FLAGS OVER TEXAS. The confederate flag never flew over Texas. That was just an old wives’ tale. /s