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LonLigon	Origins: Cotton-eyed Joe-true story/composite? (133* d)	RE: Cotton-eyed Joe-true story/composite?	07 Sep 99
I have heard that the original song was referring to a Bull. A bull was called a "JOE" out west, and when a bull was mad and ready to charge, he would lower his head and roll his eyes back exposing the whites of his eyes. They called a bull with the white showing as a "Cotton Eyed Joe" and a very dangerous bull. At least that is what I heard about the origin of the song.

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