Here's some info about Jim Along Josie and Cotton Eyed Joe:

A HORSE NAMED ROVER:
The 'B' part is a common strain which can be found in collections from European countries (Germany), and in the chorus of the American minstrel ditty "Jim Along Josey" (1840). A version of the tune is found in Ford (1940, pg. 60) as "Cotton Eyed Joe." (From Ceolas)

COTTON EYED JOE:
Verse: Way back yonder a long time ago
Daddy knew 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?

JIM ALONG JOSIE:
Now way down south, not very far off,
A bullfrog died wid de hooping cough,
And de other side of Mississippi as you must know,
Dare's where I was christen'd Jim Along Joe.

Hey get along, get along Josey,
Hey get along, Jim along Joe!
Hey get along, get along Josey,
Hey get along, Jim along Joe!

-Richie