Jeri, I'll try to remember to play the video (w/audio) at home tonight and "translate." I'm at work with no speakers right now, so I can't be of any immediate help.

As a New Orleanian of some 25 years standing, I can understand the local dialects, even the densest of them, pretty well. I can easily understand how others might find it indecipherable ~ I need a "translator" for other dialects that are similarly unfamiliar to me (e.g., Scots).

As noted yesterday, what the singer wants before he dies is very definitely "herr-on" (heroin) ~ not "heaven." Sorry if anyone finds this offensive, but that's exactly what this song, "Junc(k)o Podner," is about. (If you like the song well enough to sing it, but can't bring yourself to mention heroin, you can of course "folk-process" it to suit yourself ~ you wouldn't be the first to "personalize" this particular song, not by a long shot.)

I'm sure I'll be able to clarify that line about reefer as well. I can't remember what Mac sings for that line, but you're probably right in being unsure about the word "silly." I'm also pretty sure he sings "gimme tobacco [or maybe "to-backy"] when I'm a 'lil sickly" somewhere in this verse...

More later.