Hi Richie,I wasn't suggesting a connection. Since 'Granny' had been raised and I had the lyrics for 'Hog-eye' handy, I thought I might as well post them.
I agree that 'Over the road', 'Down the road' and 'Feather Bed' are all related to 'Ida Red'. I believe there are some mondegreens in the transcription of Uncle Dave's 'Over the Road' that you posted. Rather than refer to particular lines, I will post what I hear with the help of the transcription in the NLCR songbook - they have some oddities too such as 'Meeting here, my honey dear' when Uncle Dave clearly sings 'Weep not, my dear honey'.
The lyrics that you posted for 'Down the Road', with minor textual alterations and stanza reshuffling, are basically what Flatt and Scruggs recorded at their Mercury sessions. And a stanza they sang twice began: 'Now every time I get the blues/I walked the soles right off my shoes'.
OVER THE ROAD I'M BOUND TO GO
Spoken: Let's go, over the road I'm bound
Judge and jurymen can't you see
I have murdered in the first degree
Bound to go, bound to go
Over the road I'm bound to go
Every station I pass by
I thought I heard little Ella cry
Weep not, my dear honey
I'm bound to go
It may rain, it may snow
But over the road I'm bound to go
Fare you well I'm bound to go
I rolled out to preach and call
They looked at me: it was the law
Bound to go, bound to go
Over the road I'm bound to go
Every station I pass by
I thought I heard little Ella cry
Bound to go, bound to go
Over the road I'm bound to go
It may rain, it may snow
But over the road I'm bound to go
I rolled out to preach and call
They looked at me: it was the law
Bound to go, bound to go
Over the road I'm bound to go
Every station I pass by
I thought I heard little Ella cry
Weep not, my dear honey
I'm bound to go
It may rain, it may snow
But over the road I'm bound to go
How them women, they did shout
They looked at me, it was all about
Bound to go, bound to go
Over the road I'm bound to go
It may rain, it may snow
But over the road I'm bound to go
Bound to go, bound to go
Over the road I'm bound to go
Source: transcription of Uncle Dave Macon 'Over the Road I'm Bound to Go' recorded on 25 July 1928 in Chicago and issued as Brunswick 329 in August 1929. Reissued on Uncle Dave Macon 'Go Long Mule' County CO-CD-3505.