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Some folks are born made to wave the flag,
Ooh,
they're red, white and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief",
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,
It
ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no,
Yeah!
Some
folks are born silver spoon in hand,
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh.
But when the taxman comes to the door,Lord,
the house looks like a rummage sale, yes,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no.
It ain't me,
it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no.
Some folks inherit star spangled eyes,
Ooh, they send you down to war,
Lord,
And when you ask them, "How much should we give?"Ooh, they only answer More! more! more! yoh,
It ain't me,
it ain't me, I ain't no military son, son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, one.
It ain't me,
it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate one, no no no,
It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no fortunate son, no no no.
Literary Analysis
This poem has a rhyming patter of ABCBDDEFGF and so on. The author
uses patriotic imagery (the flag, "red white and blue," etc.) to create the idea of patriotism. This patriotism, however,
is not necessarily a good thing in the author’s eyes, as he correlates patriotism with religion in a negative way (they
point the canon at you, Lord.). This poem has a moderately rigid structure; it has a consistent rhyming pattern throughout
and it has a coordinated amount of syllables for each line. The speaker in this poem is a draftee saying that he is no senator’s
son or fortunate one, so he will have to be sent off to way. The author is criticizing blind patriotism in a time of controversy
as well as the system of drafting men into the army.
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