I picked up this up on the net a while back. It's a verson of Tom Rush's rendition
Jim McCarthy
Tom Rush Joshua Gone Barbados
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Cane standing in the field getting old and red
G C G
Lots of misery in Georgetown three men lying dead
G
Joshua head of the government
C
Said strike for better pay
G
Cane cutters are striking
C G
Joshua gone away
G C
Joshua gone Barbados staying in a big hotel
G C G
People on St Vincent got a many sad tale to tell
G
Sugar mill owner told the strikers
C
I don't need you to cut my cane
G
Bring in another another bunch of fellas
C G
You strike me all in vain
G
Get a bunch of tough fellas
C
Bring them from the Zion hills
G
Bring them on a bus to Georgetown
C G
You know somebody will get killed
G
Sonny Child the the overseer
C
Swear he's an ignorant man
G
Walking thru the cane fields
C G
Pistol in his hand
G C
Joshua gone Barbados just like he don't know
G C G
People on the island got no place to go
G
Police giving protection
C
New fellas cutting cane
G C G
Strikers can't do nothin strike is all in vain
G C
And Sonny Child he cursed the strikers waved his pistol round
G
They're beating Sonny with the cutters
C G
Beat him to the ground
G
There's a lot of misery in Georgetown
C
You can hear the woman bawl
G
Joshua gone Barbados
C G
He don't care at all
G C
Cane standing in the fields getting old and red
G C G
Sonny Child is in the hospital pistol on his bed
G C
I wish I could go to England Trinidad or Curaco
G C G
People on the island got no place to go
G C
Joshua gone Barbados staying in a big hotel
G C G
People on St Vincents got many sad tales to tell
From Tom Rush Take A Little Walk With Me
1966 Elektra Records