Way back yonder a long time ago
Daddy had a man called cotton-eyed joe
Blew into town on a travelin' show
Nobody danced like the Cotton eyed Joe.
CHORUS:
Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe
where did you come from?
Where did you go?
Where did you come from?
Where did you go?
Where did you come from cotton-eyed Joe?
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Mama's at the window
Mama's at the door
She can't see nothin' but the Cotton-eyed Joe
Daddy held the fiddle,
I held the bow
We beat the hell out of Cotton-eyed Joe
(CHORUS)
Made himself a fiddle,
Made himself a bow
Made a little tune called the Cotton-Eyed Joe
Hadn't oughta been
for the Cotton-eyed Joe
I'da been married some forty years ago.
(CHORUS)
Whenever there's dance
All the women want to go
And they all want to dance with the Cotton-Eyed Joe
Daddy won't say
But I think he knows
Whatever happened to the Cotton-eyed JOe !
(CHORUS)
Cotton-eyed JOe, Cotton-eyed Joe
Where did you come from, where did you go......
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Cotton Eyed Joe
Do you remember a long time ago,
there was a man called Cotton-eyed Joe,
there was a man caled Cotton-eyed Joe.
I coulda been married a long time ago,
it it hadn't been for Cotton-eyed Joe (2X)
Old bull fiddle and a shoe-string bow
Wouldn't play nothin but Cotton-eyed Joe )2x)
Play it fast or play it slow
Didn't play nothin but Cotton-Eyed Joe (2X)
Don't you remember a long time ago
Daddy worked a man called Cotton-eyed Joe (2X)
Where do you come from? Where do you go?
Where do you come from Cotton-eyed Joe?(2x)
Come for to see you come for to sing
Come for to show you my diamond ring (2X)
