Get Off My Stuff

Annotation

In the song "Get Off My Stuff" (Road Records # R-6245) a woman back home tells us that "Uncle Sam got my man" and that "he's in Vietnam" - she was very displeased and told Uncle Sam to send back her "stuff". It is sung by Pattie Ward - nothing found on this artist or the record label that released the song.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Annotation — Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs

Collectable soul song "Get Off My Stuff" (Road Records # R-6245), narrated from the US domestic perspective - a woman back home tells us that "Uncle Sam got my man" and that "he's in Vietnam" - she was very displeased and told Uncle Sam to send back her "stuff". The B-Side contained a passing reference to Civil Rights. Released in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Arranged and conducted by Leon Mitchell, produced by T. Shepard. No artist biography known at this time.

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Lyrics

English: Uncle Sam got my man, get off my stuff / He's in Vietnam, his name is Dan / And he is stuck in the sand / So please Uncle Sam, get off of my stuff / I just can't sleep at night / 'Cause my stuff ain't here to hold my stuff / Tell me when my stuff will be back / I need him back so bad / So please Uncle Sam get off my stuff... / Everyone saying 'you're alright' / But to me you got him wrapped too tight / I got an itch I can't reach where it's out

Notes

Road R-6244, © 1968, black and silver label with a truck design; "Get Off My Stuff" (T. Shepard, J. Wooten, A. Flemming), Thomas Shepard Pub. Co., BMI, time 2:39; produced by T. Shepard, arranged and conducted by Leon Mitchell; "A Division of Path Investment Corp." [From the record sleeve and labels]

Themes

Home Front Perspective

In collections

US Domestic Perspective Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs