Cotton Eyed Joe Songtext
von Justin Fletcher

Grab your partners, and get ready to dance!
Whoo!
Here we go!
Let′s see it!
Do-si-do!

If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eyed Joe
I′d have been happy a long time ago
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from Cotton-Eyed Joe?

If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eyed Joe
I'd have been happy a long time ago
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from Cotton-Eyed Joe?

Take your partners by the hand

Yee-haw!
Whoo!

Don′t you remember, don′t you know?
Don't you remember Cotton-Eyed Joe?
Don′t you remember Cotton-Eyed Joe?


Can't stop playing a shoestring bow
Play the tune called Cotton-Eyed Joe
Play the tune called Cotton-Eyed Joe

If it hadn′t been for Cotton-Eyed Joe
I'd have been happy a long time ago
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from Cotton-Eyed Joe?

If it hadn′t been for Cotton-Eyed Joe
I'd have been happy a long time ago
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from Cotton-Eyed Joe?

Tune my fiddle and wack my bow
Gonna make music wherever I go
Making music with Cotton-Eyed Joe

Play it fast, or play it slow
Don't say nothing about Cotton-Eyed Joe
Won′t play nothing but Cotton-Eyed Joe

If it hadn′t been for Cotton-Eyed Joe
I'd have been happy a long time ago
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from Cotton-Eyed Joe?


If it hadn′t been for Cotton-Eyed Joe
I'd have been happy a long time ago
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from Cotton-Eyed Joe?

Spin ′em to the left! (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Spin 'em to the right! (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
And spin ′em around! (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
And again (hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
That's it! (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Yee-haw! (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Spin your partner around! (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Hey, hey, hey, hey

Down in the country, and down below
They all dance with Cotton-Eyed Joe
Everybody's singin′ Cotton-Eyed Joe

If it hadn′t been for Cotton-Eyed Joe
I'd have been happy a long time ago
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from Cotton-Eyed Joe?

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Whoa, there! Hold your horses! (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Whoo! (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

If it hadn′t been for Cotton-Eyed Joe
I'd have been happy a long time ago
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from Cotton-Eyed Joe?