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Cotton-Eyed Joe
Found in CottonEyedJoe.abc
from the John Chambers abc collection
The abc for this tune contains background information but no music.
X: 2 T: Cotton-Eyed Joe N: Hundreds of recordings of this song have been made. There are hundreds of verses. N: The title refers to an eye disease that gives a white cast to the iris. K: A W:chorus: W: Cotton-Eyed Joe, Cotton-Eyed Joe, Gimme that gal, Cotton-Eyed Joe. W: W: Do you rememner a long time ago There was a man called Cotton-Eyed Joe W: I could have been married a long time ago If it hadn't a-been for Cotton-Eyed joe W: W: Old bull fiddle and a shoes-string bow Wouldn't play nothing, but Cotton-Eyed Joe W: Play it fast or play it slow, Didn't play nothing but Cotton-Eyed Joe W: W: Don't you remember and long time ago Daddy worked a man called Cotton-Eyed Joe W: I gotta ball-peen hammer and a two-by-four, Gonna whip the hell out o' Cotton-Eyed Joe. W: W: Where do you come from? Where do you go? Where do you come from Cotton-Eyed Joe W: Come for to see you, come for to sing, Come for to show you my diamond ring W: W: Far away and long ago, On the trail to the Alamo W: Met a gal I used to know, Ridin' on a Cotton-eyed Joe W: W: I said "Miss do you like to woo?" She said "Sir, with the likes of you" W: I said "Gal, you're a honey bee, How'd you like to marry me." W: W: Dance I saw in a Texas town, Boys all swing the gals around W: I'll teach you to heel and toe, Just come off that Cotton-eyed Joe. W: W: Cotton-eyed Joe you mean out-law, Worst durn Hoss I ever saw W: Hold my fiddle and hold my bow, I'm gonna dance that Cotton-Eyed Joe.