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Thread #13537   Message #1773340
Posted By: GUEST,Kegan
01-Jul-06 - 05:24 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Cotton-eyed Joe-true story/composite?
Subject: RE: Origins: Cotton-eyed Joe-true story/composite?
Wow... I read the whole damn thing LOL.

Let's not forget Walter Brennan's narrative version, nor the '90s version by the Rednex...

I have a version by some Cajun band, a stanza runs:

"I'da been married a long time ago
If it had'nt a-been for the cotton-eyed Joe
Where didja go, now what didja do?
Where didja go...cotton-eyed Joe?

Now what do we say? Crawfish!
Whadda we say? Aw, crawfish
What do we say? Crawfish!
And away we go with the cotton-eye Joe"

I LOVE IT!