sleet eR eat Box 340, Woodstock, NY 12498 eee wrwwhomespuntopes.com 845-246-2550 or 1-800-33-TAPES DVD-BOB-CG21 hy) Homespun Homespun Tapes © 1995, 2006 Homespun Tapes, Lid.DOwn THE ROAD (E Minor) Fast “single-tone” calypso with bridges (chorus): (twice at start of song) Down the road, mama, down the road Tie up your dress and run down the road; ‘Your children are hardened, they do not feel, In that prison chamel they're bound to heal ‘Mama got the news and you know she went wild With excitement trying to protect her child (chorus) (bridge with scat singing) Theard a voice calling from afar ‘Son, you did not listen to your mother Don't cry, too late to realize In that Royal Jail you will be penalized He was hardened, he do not feel In that prison charnel he bound to heal Nowhere in British territory Can you commit violence so easily (instrumental bridge) If they charge you with grand larceny ‘The full penalty is ten years in custody ‘Tommy King that made the attack ‘And Sims with a cutlass behind his back (chorus) Apprehended immediately ‘And taken to the Royal Constabulary Mama got the news and she took it to heart From us she suddenly did depart ‘Tommy you should bite your fingernail Her actions were true, she was as good as gold You are well six months in the Royal Jail But her children they run her out of this world ‘You don't even wait to see carnival Now they charge you habitual criminal (chorus) Em Em Am B’ Verses + choruses B’ B B7 Em D? D’ G§ | Gmaj’ i” | G® Instrumental 331 Gani penal (and scat) bridges 3 B’ B Em Em K Note: B’ can be replaced with BEdim 1Intro Em descending High D? G Partial Gmaj’ “Bidim" run > , lejna 0 10 wo 3 u ? a 7 ‘ 77 / 2 5 A T 6 nm 7 Partial Gmaj’ G* (melodic) Higher Em (2nd pos) Higher Em (3rd pos) LH z 2 3 i ? 3 ‘ «(Te 8 4 5 9 s 9 T 1 UNCLE JOE (Wilmuth Houdini — E Minor) Slow “single-tone” calypso (chorus): (twice at start of song) A fellow and his girlfriend came in that night Our Uncle Joe, our Uncle Joe Himself and Uncle Joe nearly fight Give me more, give me more, give me more "Cause when he told his lover “Come, go” Play that thing like you done before She said, “Look I waitin’ for Uncle Joe.” Some of those young folks begin to sing (chorus) ‘Some of them begin to shake and swing ‘Some of them throw themselves on the floor Uncle Joe said, “I’m getting vexed, Shouting Uncle Joe give me more, give me more Coming here I surely regret For the young folks they shake up their thing (chorus) Causing me to break up all of me strings.” (chorus)