The Boston Rag Lyrics

Lyric discussion by what123ever 

Cover art for The Boston Rag lyrics by Steely Dan

"Rag" is slang for a newspaper. I read the details once, but don't remember them all ... essentially "Lonnie" is a reference to a real person who was editor or owner etc. of this publication, before getting booted out. None too happy with the situation, Lonnie goes on a bit of a bender.