Greetings (Uncle Sam Wants You)
1966 · Jamie 1315 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Artist
- Shorty Long
- Title
- Greetings (Uncle Sam Wants You)
- Release
- Greetings (Uncle Sam Wants You) / Slippery Ground
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Jamie # 1315
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Songwriter
- Shorty Long
- Genre
- Country · Country · Novelty
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
Greetings (Uncle Wants You) (Long, Shorty) Country novelty. Draft Postman delivered the draft letter. You've been selected, you're a luck man I told them I can't see properly (draft dodge) - but they said don't worry, we'll put you up front
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Born 31 October 1923, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA. Died 25 October 1991