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Cotton-Eyed Joe
Children's Folk Song Lyrics and Sound Clip

Don't you remember, don't you know,
Don't you remember Cotton-eyed Joe?
Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe,
What did make you treat me so?
I'd 'a' been married forty year ago
If it hadn't a-been for Cotton-eyed Joe!

Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe,
He was a guy that served me so?
Tuck my gal away from me,
Carried her off to Tennessee.
I'd a been married forty year ago
If it hadn't a-been for Cotton-eyed Joe.

His teeth was out an' his nose was flat,
His eyes were crossed, but she didn't mind that.
Kase he was tall, and very slim,
An' so my gal she followed him.
I'd a been married forty year ago
If it hadn't a-been for Cotton-eyed Joe.

She was de prettiest gal to be found
Anywhere in the country round;
Her lips was red an' her eyes was bright,
Her skin was black but her teeth were white.
I'd a been married forty year ago
If it hadn't a-been for Cotton-eyed Joe.

That gal, she sure had all my love,
An swore to me she'd never move,
But Joe hoodooed her, don't you see,
An' she run off with him to Tennessee,
I'd a been married forty years ago,
If it hadn't a-been for Cotton-eyed Joe.