Ah, Uncle Joe, Ah Uncle Joe Gimme mo', gimme mo', gimme mo', Play that thing on the old banjo.
All the young girls begin to sing Some of them begin to shake that thing Some of them throw themselves on the floor Shouting, "Uncle Joe gimme mo', gimme mo'.
A fella and his lover came here last night Himself and Uncle Joe nearly fight For when he tell his lover, "Come, go !" She says, "Look, I waiting for Uncle Joe."
That night Uncle Joe was so vexed "Coming here I really regret For see the young girls shake up their thing Cause me to bust up me banjo string."
"Just tell me what you intend to do? Don't you know I'm engaged to you? I don't want to see, nor to know I know that lovin' at Uncle Joe."
"Uncle Joe, boy, you come in time Houdini now make up his mind Tell the world I am going to wine From eight o'clock until half past nine.
A schoolteacher was there that day This is what I can bound to say She took a dink and she break away [drink] And shake that thing for half a day.
Sing, "Ah, Uncle Joe Please met with Barry Barrow And Mr. Cyril Monrose Play that thing with the old banjo.
Houdini with Gerald Clark's Iéré String Band, 1928, Okeh 8605, New York City. Included in Calypso Calaloo, Early Carnival Music in Trinidad, 1993 Rounder Records Corp. Lyrics from enclosed leaflet.
This sounds like New York jazz orchestral music of the 1920s.