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Thread #52464 Message #803554
Posted By: GUEST,Richie
15-Oct-02 - 10:46 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Jim Along Josey / Jim Along Josie
Subject: RE: Jim Along Josie: lyrics and origin
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!