"Draft Dodger Rag" was written by Phil Ochs (1940-1976) in 1965. It is a satirical song about a draftee attempting to avoid service in Vietnam. It was one of the first protest songs to use comical overtones and remained very popular with the anti-war movement. Och’s lyrics reference Thomas Dodd, a Democratic Senator and noted Vietnam ‘hawk’, as well as Cuban leader Fidel Castro and Chinese premier Zhou Enlai. It was recorded by Phil Ochs on I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965), The Immigrants on The Immigrants (1965), Pete Seeger on Dangerous Songs!? (1966), Tom Paxton on What's That I Hear? The Songs of Phil Ochs (1998), The Mitchell Trio on The Slightly Irreverent Mitchell Trio (1964) and others.