Yeah, I had heard that it was denounced as well.

As for me, I hardly care what the song was really about. It's a good rollick...

(Actually, me too. Especially the CCR original. Odd fact: I have both danced to "Proud Mary" on a football field, and played it.)

It's about pot.

The song was written on a steamboat called the "Mary Elizabeth" owned by the Grafton family.

It's about a riverboat. No? Can't we settle this like any self-respecting animation fans?

B: Pot season!
H: Riverboat season!
B: Pot season!
H: Riverboat season!
B: Pot season!
H: Pot season!
B: Riverboat season!
H: Well, if you say so!

Can we slap some steak on that Ike? ;)