Hi Jim,

Thanks for the correction to what indeed was a classic mondegreen - 'she give up all'. Shame on me!

However, despite non-rhymes or grammar, 'race around' and 'down-turned up the bed-tick' is what McClintock sang. As you are well aware, the purpose of such a transcription is to reproduce as accurately as possible what was sung, not to inflict some 'folk process' on it.

Listening again to McClintock's recording, I reckon woman's name in the second stanza is 'Sally DeBose' or 'Sally DuBose'.

--Stewie.