Uncle Sam's Got My Number
1969 · Jerden JD-786 · USA
- Artist
- Bobby Wayne
- Title
- Uncle Sam's Got My Number
- Release
- The Letter / Uncle Sam's Got My Number
- Year
- 1969
- Label
- Jerden # JD-786
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- USA
- Songwriter
- Leon Kelly
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Home Front Perspective / Soldier's Perspective
Annotation
The song "Uncle Sam’s Got My Number" (Jerden # JD-786) by Bobby Wayne dealt with the draft call coming from the US government. The draftee is due to leave soon, and his mind is totally focused on (the fear) of whether his girl will still love him when he is gone:
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: I must go away / I’m going to board a transport / It leaves next Saturday / I’m going far across the sea where I’ve never been before / When I’m gone my darling will you love me anymore / Will you be true to me my dear while I’m fighting over there / Will you love me just the same / And dear will you be there, will you be like others I’ve known before... / Uncle Sam’s got my number
Notes
Jerden JD-786 (AMP 45-190), white promotional copy ("Promotional Copy", "Not for Sale"); "Uncle Sam's Got My Number" (Leon Kelly), 4-Star Sales Pub. Co., BMI, 2:24; produced by Bobby Wayne. Distributed by ABC-Paramount Records, Inc. Made in U.S.A. [From the record sleeve and labels]
About the artist
Bobby Wayne (Robert Wayne Snyder, 1936-2013), born in Spokane, Washington, was a Northwest rockabilly/country pioneer ('Sally Ann', 1955; regional hit 'Big Train', 1963) whom Cash Box named among America's top three guitarists in 1966; 'Uncle Sam's Got My Number' backed 'The Letter' on Jerden 786 (April 1966). [Source: Rockabilly Hall of Fame; Northwest Music Archives; Praguefrank's]