[Verse 1]

Let me tell you folks what Uncle Sam has done to me

Let me tell you folks what Uncle Sam has done to me

He took my sweet husband, come back and got my used-to-be


[Verse 2]

Uncle Sam, he thought he was so doggone cute

Uncle Sam, he thought he was so doggone cute

He took my daddy out of a box-back and put him in a khaki suit


[Verse 3]

Gonna sit down and write a letter to my Uncle Sam

Gonna sit down and write a letter to my Uncle Sam

Tell him "War is over, send me back my honey man"


[Verse 4]

Girls, you better stop your man from smiling in my face

Girls, you better stop your man from smiling in my face

Wake up one these mornings, Edna B. done took your place


[Verse 5]

I got ways like the devil, born in a lion's den

Got ways like the devil, born in a lion's den

My chief occupation: takin' monkey women's men