Biography:
Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (14 June 1909 – 14 April 1995) was an Academy Award winning American actor and acclaimed folk music singer and author. He won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the movie The Big Country.
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Other songs:
- Lavender's Blue
- On The Front Porch With You
- A Little Bitty Tear
- Aunt Rhody
- Ballad Of Davy Crockett
- Big Rock Candy Mountain
- By The Light Of The Silvery Moon
- Call Me Mr In Between
- Christmas Is A Birthday
- Cowboys Lament
- Curry Road
- Frankie And Johnny
- Froggie Went A
- Funny Way Of Laughing
- Holly Jolly Christmas
- I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly
- Ill Be Your Baby Tonight
- Jimmy Crack Corn
- Jingle Jingle Jingle
- Marianne
- Mary Ann Regrets
- Mister In
- My Funny Way Of Laughing
- Pearly Shells
- Peter Gray Blow Ye Winds
- Rudolph The Red
- Same Old Hurt
- Shanghied
- The Doughnut Song
- The Owl And The Pussycat
- The Ugly Bug Ball
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[Intro]
D G A D
[Chorus]
G Em F
Going down Curry Road
A D
Going down Curry Road
Em G
Going down Curry Road
A D
Pretty girl waitin' down Curry Road
A D
(Pretty girl waitin' down Curry Road)
[Verse]
D
Constable give me water
A
Water I desire
Em A
Constable give me water
D
My inside's burning like fire
D
I was going to see my Matilda
A
To make Matilda my wife
Em A
'Till some jealous fellow jumped me
D
And cut me with a sugarcane knife
[Chorus]
G Em F
Going down Curry Road
A D
Going down Curry Road
Em G
Going down Curry Road
A D
Pretty girl waitin' down Curry Road
A D
(Pretty girl waitin' down Curry Road)
[Verse]
D
Constable I'm a-dying
A
I can feel it in my soul
Em A
And I can feel my hands hand feet
D
Slowly growing cold
D
Evil man took my money
A
Won't you listen to my plea
Em A
Go and tell Matilda
D
About my tragedy
D
Tell Matilda that I love her
A
And tell her not to cry
Em A
Tell her that I'll wait for her
D
In the land beyond the sky
[Chorus]
G Em F
Going down Curry Road
A D
Going down Curry Road
Em G
Going down Curry Road
A D
Pretty girl waitin' down Curry Road
A D
(Pretty girl waitin' down Curry Road)
D G A D
[Chorus]
G Em F
Going down Curry Road
A D
Going down Curry Road
Em G
Going down Curry Road
A D
Pretty girl waitin' down Curry Road
A D
(Pretty girl waitin' down Curry Road)
[Verse]
D
Constable give me water
A
Water I desire
Em A
Constable give me water
D
My inside's burning like fire
D
I was going to see my Matilda
A
To make Matilda my wife
Em A
'Till some jealous fellow jumped me
D
And cut me with a sugarcane knife
[Chorus]
G Em F
Going down Curry Road
A D
Going down Curry Road
Em G
Going down Curry Road
A D
Pretty girl waitin' down Curry Road
A D
(Pretty girl waitin' down Curry Road)
[Verse]
D
Constable I'm a-dying
A
I can feel it in my soul
Em A
And I can feel my hands hand feet
D
Slowly growing cold
D
Evil man took my money
A
Won't you listen to my plea
Em A
Go and tell Matilda
D
About my tragedy
D
Tell Matilda that I love her
A
And tell her not to cry
Em A
Tell her that I'll wait for her
D
In the land beyond the sky
[Chorus]
G Em F
Going down Curry Road
A D
Going down Curry Road
Em G
Going down Curry Road
A D
Pretty girl waitin' down Curry Road
A D
(Pretty girl waitin' down Curry Road)
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