OK, you guys REALLY want to know where cotton eyed joe came from????

Way back when the 49ers were mining and were basically without women. The ballad comes from poking fun at the means in which the miners satisfied themselves.

Think about it... There are a number of songs like this but....

IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR COTTON EYED JOE, I'D BEEN MARRIED A LONG TIME AGO....

Hold up your right hand opened toward your face. Cotton eye'd joe is the nickname of the inside of your hand. Sort of similar to rosy and her four fingers or daughters....

WHERE DID YOU COME FROM, WHERE DID YOU GO....

This is the act of self gratification... otherwise known as masturbation....

This information is not documented and came from my great grandfather, verified by his friends the Foggy Mountain Boys.... Earl Scruggs and Lester Flatt... In case you were wondering....