Gene and I have been working on this by phone and e-mail, and we came up with a transcription that's just a bit different. Gene found a better-quality Jimmy work recording, so that's what we've been working from. Here's what we came up with (although he may not agree completely).
-Joe-

MY OLD STOMPING GROUND
Jimmy Work, 1956

1. The old cedar tree, Dad cut it down.
Things look differ'nt somehow.
The old barn is leanin' strong but still it's hangin' on.
Still that's my old stompin' ground.

CHORUS:
It's a little place in the road, but it's a big place in my heart,
Where memories never let me down.
Ev'ry time I get homesick, I go back for a while.
Still that's my old stompin' ground.

2. Where I used to go to school stands a field of open view.
The old hick'ry tree is still around.
My mother's smile is still the same, daffodils bloom in the spring.
Still that's my old stompin' ground.
CHORUS