cnd, Thanks for the Reneau version, the slang definition, and transcriptions. I was the original poster in 2013 and when listening to this song tonight I thought to look up this thread again. I was glad to see it had been revived only a month ago.


With regards to your transcription, I am hearing the opening to say:
I have traveled east and west
New York, stopped to rest

and the closing to say:
I have traveled east and west
In Washington stopped to rest

And then slowing down Uncle Sam's line, I still hear my original transcription:
These words he had to say
"Don't you give this life away"
Says, "next Fall we’ll be with Birmingham"