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Cotton-Eyed Joe

Found in CottonEyedJoe.abc from the John Chambers abc collection

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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.

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