Lyrics The Draft Dodger Rag - Pete Seeger
I'm
just
a
typical
American
from
a
typical
American
town
I
believe
in
God
and
Senator
Todd
and
a-keeping
old
Castro
down
And
when
it
came
my
time
to
serve
I
knew
"better
dead
than
red"
But
when
I
got
to
my
old
draft
board,
buddy,
this
is
what
I
said:
Sarge,
I'm
only
eighteen,
I
got
a
ruptured
spleen
And
I
always
carry
a
purse
I
got
eyes
like
a
bat,
my
feet
are
flat
and
my
asthma's
getting
worse
Oh
I
think
of
my
career,
my
sweetheart
dear,
and
my
poor
old
invalid
aunt
Besides,
I
ain't
no
fool,
I'm
going
to
school
And
I'm
working
in
a
defense
plant
I
got
a
dislocated
disc
and
a
wracked
up
back
I'm
allergic
to
flowers
and
bugs
And
when
bombshells
hit,
I
get
epileptic
fits
And
I'm
addicted
to
a
thousand
drugs
I
got
the
weakness
woes,
I
can't
touch
my
toes
I
can
hardly
touch
my
knees
And
if
the
enemy
came
close
to
me
I'd
probably
start
to
sneeze
Sarge,
I'm
only
eighteen,
I
got
a
ruptured
spleen
And
I
always
carry
a
purse
I
got
eyes
like
a
bat,
my
feet
are
flat
and
my
asthma's
getting
worse
Oh
I
think
of
my
career,
my
sweetheart
dear,
and
my
poor
old
invalid
aunt
Besides,
I
ain't
no
fool,
I'm
going
to
school
And
I'm
working
in
a
defense
plant
I
hate
Chou
En
Lai,
and
I
hope
he
dies,
But
one
thing
you
gotta
see
That
someone's
gotta
go
over
there
But
that
someone
isn't
me
So
I
wish
you
well,
Sarge,
give
'em
Hell
Yeah
kill
me
a
thousand
or
more
And
if
you
ever
get
a
war
without
blood
and
gore
Well
I'll
be
the
first
to
go
Sarge,
I'm
only
eighteen,
I
got
a
ruptured
spleen
And
I
always
carry
a
purse
I
got
eyes
like
a
bat,
my
feet
are
flat
and
my
asthma's
getting
worse
Oh
I
think
of
my
career,
my
sweetheart
dear,
and
my
poor
old
invalid
aunt
Besides,
I
ain't
no
fool,
I'm
going
to
school
And
I'm
working
in
a
defense
plant
1 Medley: Robin The Bobbin/ Mary, Mary Quite Contrary/ Little Jack Horner
2 Die Gedanken Sind Frei
3 Jackaro
4 Never Wed An Old Man
5 John Brown's Body
6 Going Across The Mountains
7 Harry Simms
8 King Henry
9 Medley: Ode to Joy / Goliath, Goliath
10 Queen Anne Front
11 Joe Hill's "Casey Jones"
12 One Grain Of Sand
13 The Pill
14 The Draft Dodger Rag
15 Mao Tse Tung
16 Walking Down Death Row
17 Two From Shakespeare: Full Fathom Five/ Perchance to Win
18 Beans In My Ears
19 Equinoxial
20 What Next?
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