What do you think I Ain't Marching Anymore means?

Phil Ochs - I Ain't Marching Anymore Meaning

Album cover for I Ain't Marching Anymore album cover

Song Released: 1966


I Ain't Marching Anymore Lyrics

Oh I marched to the battle of New Orleans
At the end of the early British war
The young land started growing
The young blood started flowing
But I ain't marchin' anymore

For I've killed my share of Indians
In a thousand different...

  1. anonymous
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    Oct 17th 2022 !⃝

    He lists a history of wars that have proven senseless; one after another that's forced young soldiers to participate in something that isn't serving any good after all. He's denouncing war and asserting that he's done partipating in a military state, we can count him out, he's gracefully bowing of this destructive deceptive game


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