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"I ain't marching anymore" - American Anti-War Song

The flag at the start is a bit anachronistic as Howard Zinn would not write this quote until 21 years after this song was written. However, I like the quote a lot, and I consider it fitting for an anti-war song. "British War" refers to the War of 1812. In other recordings, he sings "British wars." "Injun" is an old slur for Native Americans; "Little Bighorn" refers to the Battle of the Little Bighorn (Battle of the Greasy Grass), where Native forces successfully repelled a colonizer army led by George Armstrong Custer. "United Fruit" refers to the United Fruit Company, a multinational corporation that participated, at the behest of the United States, in economic imperialism against much of Latin America, devastating these lands and turning them into effective puppet states of the US, with heavy economic inequality, poverty, and other such miseries. In 1960, they were accused by Fidel Castro of aiding Cuban exiles in an eventual plan to invade Cuba, which happened at the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion. "I Ain't Marching Anymore" is a 1965 anti-war protest song by the American singer-songwriter Phil Ochs. He initially released it on his second album, the song's namesake, as a protest to the ongoing Vietnam War (of which he was a very passionate critic). Like many of his other songs, it was treated with suspicion by the US government, and seldom played on the radio (a factor that vindicated its purpose for him), though it was popular among the anti-war movement in the 60s, with Ochs even performing it outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention, provoking hundreds to burn their draft cards. After Phil Ochs died, it was revealed that the FBI had nearly 500 pages on him. This recording is an electronic remix released in 1966 as a single accompanied by The Blues Project, but was rather unpopular compared to the original acoustic version. I decided to use it because, though I do prefer the acoustic version, this one felt more conducive to uploading. You can listen to the original acoustic version here:    • I Ain't Marching Anymore   -- Lyrics -- Oh, I marched to the Battle of New Orleans At the end of the early British War. A young land started growin’, The young blood started flowin’, But I ain’t a-marchin’ anymore! For I’ve killed my share of Injuns In a thousand different fights, I was there at the Little Bighorn: I saw many men a-lyin’, I saw many more a-dyin’, But I ain’t a-marchin’ anymore! It’s always the old to lead us to the war, Always the young to fall. Now look at all we’ve won with the saber and the gun — Tell me, is it worth it all? For I stole California from the Mexican land; Fought in the bloody Civil War. Yes, I even killed my brothers And so many others, But I ain’t a-marchin’ anymore! For I marched to the battles of the German trench In a war that was bound to end all wars. Oh, I must have killed a million men, And now they want me back again, But I ain’t a-marchin’ anymore! It’s always the old to lead us to the war, Always the young to fall. Now look at all we’ve won with the saber and the gun — Tell me, is it worth it all? For I flew the final mission in the Japanese sky, Set off the mighty mushroom roar. When I saw the cities burnin’, I knew that I was learnin’ That I ain’t a-marchin’ anymore! Now the labor leaders screamin’ When they close the missile plants, United Fruit screams at the Cuban shore. Call it peace or call it treason, Call it love or call it reason, But I ain’t a-marchin’ anymore! No, I ain’t a-marchin’ anymore! -- Lyrics -- The song's name is rendered in many different ways, so I will put them here for search optimization :) I Ain't Marching Anymore, I Ain't Marching Any More, I Ain't Marchin' Anymore, I Ain't Marchin' Any More, I Ain't A-Marching Anymore, I Ain't A-Marching Any More, I Ain't A-Marchin' Anymore, I Ain't A-Marchin' Any More