The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #13537 Message #3109602
Posted By: Stewie
08-Mar-11 - 09:28 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Cotton-eyed Joe-true story/composite?
Subject: RE: Origins: Cotton-eyed Joe-true story/composite?
Can any 'catter check these lyrics of 'Cotton-eyed Joe' as sung by Mike Seeger's band Agents of Terra in reggae style back when the world was young?
COTTON-EYED JOE
(As performed by Agents of Terra)
Eighteen nineteen, 20 years ago
Daddy had a man he called cotton-eyed Joe
Tell me, where did you come from
Where did you go
Tell me, where did you come from
Cotton-eyed Joe
I fell down, stubbed my toe
Call for the doctor, cotton-eyed Joe
Tell me, where did you come from
Where did you go
Tell me, where did you come from
Cotton-eyed Joe
Instrumental break
Eighteen days of rain and snow
The roof fell in on cotton-eyed Joe
Tell me, where did you come from
Where did you go
Tell me, where did you come from
Cotton-eyed Joe
When you're feelin' down,
Feelin' kind of low
Need a little needle now,
To get you through the show
Tell me, where did you come from
Where did you go
Tell me, where did you come from
Cotton-eyed Joe
Instrumental outro
--Stewie.