I found a thread on "Tingalayo", but not on this song.My inspiration to start this thread was from Suibhne Astray's comment that Rolf Harris was inspired by Harry Belafonte's recording of this to write his famous "Tie Me Kangaroo Down". Does anyone have any idea whether this song- also called "Hold 'em Joe", "Hol' Im Joe", or "Hold Them Joe", is traditional? The earliest recording I can find on Youtube is Macbeth the Great's 1946 one, but apparently it was also recorded earlier than that in about 1910 by Lord Executor. Does anyone know about this? If it is traditional there should be field recordings. And also, I've heard that this song has sexual innuendo.