Name: Cotton Eyed Joe
Duration: P00H01M57S
Description: The classic traditional Country dance song, here centred on the ukulele. I've played this for years and always found it fun, but it's never fitted onto an album, so this is the perfect sort of place to put it

Cotton Eyed Joe

from Bubble and Squeak (Rest of Vol 2) by Lew Bear

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The classic traditional Country dance song, here centred on the ukulele. I've played this for years and always found it fun, but it's never fitted onto an album, so this is the perfect sort of place to put it

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Way back yonder a long time ago
Daddy had a man called Cotton Eyed Joe
Blew into town on a travelling show
Nobody danced like Cotton Eyed Joe

Cotton Eyed Joe, Cotton Eyed Joe
Where did ya come from where did ya go
Where did ya come from where did ya go
Where did ya come from Cotton Eyed Joe

Mamas at the window Mamas at the door
She cant see nothing but the Cotton Eyed Joe
Daddy held the fiddle, I held the bow
We beat the hell out of Cotton Eyed Joe

Chorus

Made himself a fiddle, made himself a bow
Made a little tune called Cotton Eyed Joe
Hadn't oughta been for Cotton Eyed Joe
I'd a been married long time ago

Chorus

Whenever there's a dance all the women wanna go
And they all wanna dance with Cotton Eyed Joe
Daddy won't say but I think he knows
Whatever happened to Cotton Eyed Joe

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from Bubble and Squeak (Rest of Vol 2), released January 5, 2019
Lew Bear - all instruments and arrangement
Someone back in the mists of time - lyrics

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