Annotation:Uncle Joe
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UNCLE JOE. AKA and see "Cake's All Dough," "Gigue américaine," "Mrs. MaLeod of Raasay," "Miss MacLeod's Reel (1)," “Miss McLeod’s Reel (1)/MacLeod’s Reel [1],” “Green Mountain (1),” “Walk Jaw Bone (1),” “Hop High Ladies (the Cakes All Dough),” “Did You Ever See the Devil Uncle Joe?,” “Billy Boy (2).” American, Reel. USA; Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kentucky. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Another derivative of the British Isles’ “Miss McCloud’s Reel” and a relative of the folk song “Billy Boy” (Charming Billy).
"Uncle Joe" (or its alternate titles) was recorded a number of times in the 78 RPM era, including by North Carolina's Red Fox Chasers (1928), and Kentucky fiddler Doc Roberts (1931). It was also recorded for the Library of Congress by musicologist/folklorist Vance Randolph, from the playing of Ozark Mountain fiddlers in the early 1940’s.
Do ya wanta go to heaven Uncle Joe, Uncle Joe,
Do ya wanta go to heaven Uncle Joe, Uncle Joe,
Do ya wanta go to heaven Uncle Joe, Uncle Joe,
Where the sun don’t shine and the wind don’t blow. ... (Thede)
Don’t you want to go to heaven, Uncle Joe, Uncle Joe!
Don’t you want to go to heaven, by and by?
Don’t you want to go to heaven, Uncle Joe, Uncle Joe!
Where the ‘possum and the sweet potatoes grow up in the sky? ... [Ford]
