Merle Haggard - Okie from Muskogee

We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee;
We don't take our trips on LSD
We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street;
We like livin' right, and bein' free.

I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A place where even squares can have a ball
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all

We don't make a party out of lovin';
We like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo;
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy,
Like the hippies out in San Francisco do.

And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,
A place where even squares can have a ball.
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all.

Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear;
Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen.
Football's still the roughest thing on campus,
And the kids here still respect the college dean.

We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,
In Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA.

Okie from Muskogee is an album by Merle Haggard and the Strangers, released in 1969.[3] The album won the Academy of Country Music award for Album of the Year in 1969. Haggard also won Single of the Year for "Okie from Muskogee" as well as Top Male Vocalist.

Haggard has stated that the title song on this album is somewhat of a satire.[4] This album was recorded live in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Originally released in 1969 it was re-released in 1992, 1996, 1997, 2005, and 2006 on other labels.

In the song, Haggard states that Muskogee is a place "where even squares can have a ball."

The song was later parodied by The Youngbloods as "Hippie From Olema", and by Chinga Chavin as "Asshole from El Paso". Kinky Friedman later covered "Asshole from El Paso", while the Melvins covered "Okie", on their album The Crybaby, with Hank Williams III providing vocals.Source

In 2010, the Muskogee Chamber of Commerce gave the song new life with a posted on YouTube in celebration of the song's 40th Anniversary.

(1971, April 27th) The Greatful Dead and the beach boys - Okie from Muskokee
(1971) The Beach Boys - Okie from Muskokee
Haggard, Nelson & Paycheck - Okie From Muskogee
Conway Twitty - Okie from muskogee
(1971) The Youngblouds - Hippie from Olema
(1971) James Taylor - Okie form Muskogee - Live @ Fillmore East
(1974)Willie Nelson - Okie from Muskogee (Bee Spears on vocals)
(1971) Hee-Haw - Dale Robertson - Okie from Muskogee
(1970) Liz Anderson - Okie From Muskogee
(1988) Merle Haggard &Tammy Wynette - Okie From Muskogee
(1973) Lynn Anderson - Okie from Muskogee
George Jones- Okie from Muskogee
Dolly Parton & Merle Haggard - Okie from Muskogee
Kinky Friedman - Asshole from El Paso


(1971)Jeannie C. Riley - Okie From Muskogee

(1967) Eric Burdon & The Animals - San Franciscan Nights

Lyrics:

[...]

Strobe lights beam create dreams
walls move minds do too
on a warm San Franciscan night

[...]

Nice find.

(1967) Dragnet - The Big High

The Big High was an episode of the American television series Dragnet. It aired on the NBC network on November 2, 1967, the program's second season. It starred Jack Webb (who also produced and directed the episode) Harry Morgan, Tim Donnelly, Ed Prentiss, Merry Anders, Brenda Scott, Kent McCord and James Oliver. It is sometimes called "Grass Kills" and is considered comparable to Reefer Madness in terms of exaggerating the marijuana threat.