Biography:
Eric Von Schmidt (May 28, 1931 - February 2, 2007) was an American singer-songwriter associated with the folk/blues revival of the 1960s and a key part of the East Coast folk music scene included Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and others.
Von Schmidt is probably best known for not being the author of the song Baby, Let Me Follow You Down, which was for years a staple of Dylan's musical catalogue. Dylan's label, Columbia Records, credited Von Schmidt as the composer of the piece.
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[Verse 1]
D G
Cane standing in the fields getting old and red
G D G D
Lot of trouble in Georgetown, three men lying dead
G
And Joshua's head of the government, he say strike for better pay
D G D
Cane cutters are striking, Joshua gone away
[Chorus 1]
D G
Joshua gone Barbados, staying in a big hotel
D G D
People on St. Vincent they got many sad tales to tell
[Verse 2]
D G
Sugar mill owner told the strikers, I don't need you to cut my cane
D G D
Bring in another bunch of fellows, strike be all in vain
G
There's a lot of misery in Georgetown, you can hear the women bawl
D G D
Joshua gone Barbados, he don't care at all
[Chorus 2]
D G
Joshua gone Barbados, just like he don't know
D G D
Poor people on this island ain't got nowhere to go
[Verse 3]
D G
Get a bunch of tough fellows, bring 'em from Sion Hill
D G D
Bring 'em in a bus to Georgetown, you know somebody'll get killed
G
And Sonny Child the overseer, I swear he's an ignorant man
D G D
Walking through the canefield, pistol in his hand
[Chorus 3]
D G
Joshua gone Barbados, staying in a big hotel
D G D
People on St. Vincent they got many sad tales to tell
[Verse 4]
D G
Police giving protection, the new fellows cutting cane
D G D
Strikers can't do nothing, strike be all in vain
G
And Sonny Child he curse the strikers, wave his pistol 'round
D G D
They're beating Sonny with a cutlass, beat him to the ground
[Chorus 4]
D G
Joshua gone Barbados, staying in a big hotel
D G D
People on St. Vincent they got many sad tales to tell
[Verse 5]
D G
Cane standing in the fields getting old and red
D G D
Sonny Child in the hospital, pistol on his bed
G
I wish I could go to England, Trinidad or Curacao
D G D
People on the Island they got nowhere to go
[Chorus 5]
D G
Joshua gone Barbados, just like he don't know
D G D
Poor people on this island ain't got nowhere to go
D G
Cane standing in the fields getting old and red
G D G D
Lot of trouble in Georgetown, three men lying dead
G
And Joshua's head of the government, he say strike for better pay
D G D
Cane cutters are striking, Joshua gone away
[Chorus 1]
D G
Joshua gone Barbados, staying in a big hotel
D G D
People on St. Vincent they got many sad tales to tell
[Verse 2]
D G
Sugar mill owner told the strikers, I don't need you to cut my cane
D G D
Bring in another bunch of fellows, strike be all in vain
G
There's a lot of misery in Georgetown, you can hear the women bawl
D G D
Joshua gone Barbados, he don't care at all
[Chorus 2]
D G
Joshua gone Barbados, just like he don't know
D G D
Poor people on this island ain't got nowhere to go
[Verse 3]
D G
Get a bunch of tough fellows, bring 'em from Sion Hill
D G D
Bring 'em in a bus to Georgetown, you know somebody'll get killed
G
And Sonny Child the overseer, I swear he's an ignorant man
D G D
Walking through the canefield, pistol in his hand
[Chorus 3]
D G
Joshua gone Barbados, staying in a big hotel
D G D
People on St. Vincent they got many sad tales to tell
[Verse 4]
D G
Police giving protection, the new fellows cutting cane
D G D
Strikers can't do nothing, strike be all in vain
G
And Sonny Child he curse the strikers, wave his pistol 'round
D G D
They're beating Sonny with a cutlass, beat him to the ground
[Chorus 4]
D G
Joshua gone Barbados, staying in a big hotel
D G D
People on St. Vincent they got many sad tales to tell
[Verse 5]
D G
Cane standing in the fields getting old and red
D G D
Sonny Child in the hospital, pistol on his bed
G
I wish I could go to England, Trinidad or Curacao
D G D
People on the Island they got nowhere to go
[Chorus 5]
D G
Joshua gone Barbados, just like he don't know
D G D
Poor people on this island ain't got nowhere to go
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