The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #13537 Message #2027109
Posted By: Goose Gander
16-Apr-07 - 02:50 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Cotton-eyed Joe-true story/composite?
Subject: RE: Origins: Cotton-eyed Joe-true story/composite?
Here's a few recordings from American Memory . . . .
Cotton Eyed Joe performed by the King Family at Visalia FSA Camp, 2-9-41
Source: Voices From the Dust Bowl
Cotton Eyed Joe
Cotton Eyed Joe
Both performed by Elmo Newcomer near Pipe Creek, Bandera County, Texas, 5-3-39
Source: John and Ruby Lomax Southern States Recording Trip