YouTube of the 1979 Austin City
Limits performance (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uq3NAPpdXM8 ) has a brief explanation in his own words (@ 26.30 mark) about this wino lullaby. It's sung to a man who is dying by his long time friend, but the words apply to all the homeless men sleeping on Fifth St. (aka the nickel).
YouTube of the 1979 Austin City Limits performance (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uq3NAPpdXM8 ) has a brief explanation in his own words (@ 26.30 mark) about this wino lullaby. It's sung to a man who is dying by his long time friend, but the words apply to all the homeless men sleeping on Fifth St. (aka the nickel).