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Cotton-Eyed Joe

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that several people remembered hearing the song before the war. Scarborough's account of the song came from her sister, Mrs. George Scarborough, who learned the song from "the Negroes on a plantation in Texas, and other parts from a man in Louisiana". The man in Louisiana knew the song from his
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During the first half of the 20th century, the song was a widely known folk song all over English-speaking North America. One discography lists 134 recorded versions released since 1950. In more recent decades, the song has waned in popularity in most regions except some parts of the
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and his San Antonians both recorded the song, and according to music historian Bill C. Malone, Hofner's 1941 version was the one that did the most to popularize the song. A 1967 instrumental version of the song by Al Dean inspired a new round dance polka for couples.
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Over the years, many different versions of the song have been performed and/or recorded with many different versions of the lyrics (and many without lyrics). "Cotton-Eyed Joe", on occasion referred to as "The South Texas National Anthem", was played for
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in the early 1880s described it as nothing but a heel and toe "poker" with fringes added. These fringes added to the heel and toe polka were clog steps which required skill and extraversion on the part of the dancer.
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The spoke line version gained popularity, not only in Texas but also across the United States and overseas in the 1980s. A Western "craze" followed the 1980 release of the film
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By 1884, the fiddle-based song was referred to as "an old, familiar air". In 1925, another version was recorded by folklorist Dorothy Scarborough and published.
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The men stand on the inside of a circle facing out, and the women stand on the outside facing in; both circles follow a sequence of kick steps and struts.
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Scarborough noted that the song seemed to be well known in the South prior to the Civil War, and parts of it had been sent in by various persons.
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The dance remained popular in Texas in the 1970s. A circle dance called "Cotton-Eyed Joe" can be found in the 1975 edition of
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song popular at various times throughout the United States and Canada, although today it is most commonly associated with the
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was on tour in Texas when he heard the song and immediately identified it as an old Irish folk melody, "The Mountain Top".
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A number of possible meanings of the term "cotton-eyed" have been proposed. The phrase may refer to: being drunk on
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received a Grammy nomination for Best Country Vocal Collaboration for their version of the song with lead vocals by
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He said he had known it from his earliest childhood and had heard the slaves sing it on the plantations.
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released a recording/reworking of the song with new lyrics titled "Cotton Eyed Joe (The Murder Ballad)".
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that is often danced at country dance venues in the United States and around the world. The 1980 film
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plantation of her father when she was a child. That 1882 version was republished as follows in 1910:
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released a reworked version of the song, titled "Prodigal Daughter (Cotton Eyed Joe)", on the album
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cover of the song, based on the Rednex version on the Best Of Crazy Hits compilation album.
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on the objects. Newer posts with the cover would show said objects with faces animated.
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singing with speech bubbles containing the lyrics, usually with the "Man" face from
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This article is about the traditional country folk song. For the Rednex song, see
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The stories, plantation games, and Hymns are just as I heard them in my childhood
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published the first printed version of the song in 1882. It was heard by author
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The melody of the song may have originated in Ireland. Paddy Moloney of
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The origins of this song are unclear, although it predates the 1861–1865
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singer, produced a version that topped the Irish Country Singles chart
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nomination for Best Country Instrumental Performance. The Irish group
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Grateful Dead Family Discography of recordings of "Cotton Eye Joe"
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1967: Al Dean and the All Stars on the 45 record, KIKN Records
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Dance a While. Handbook of Folk, Square, and Social Dancing
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Brotherhood of locomotive firemen and enginemen's magazine
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covered the song as "Cotton Eye Joe" for their album
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The lyrics of this version, in nondialectal standard
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Samples from the Skillet Lickers and RedNex versions
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and his San Antonians, with J. R. Chatwell on fiddle
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in 2013 in the season 2 finale, "Elaine's Big Day."
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The song is mostly identified with the 1994 1792: 1683:The devil's box: masters of southern fiddling 1205:Cracker Culture: Celtic Ways in the Old South 333:With her lips so red and her teeth so white. 331:With her kinky head, and her eyes so bright, 246:His eyes wuz crossed, an' his nose wuz flat, 8: 263:Wid her kinky head, an' her eyes so bright, 952:, released under the song title, "Bullshit" 410:Her skin was black but her teeth was white. 316:And his teeth were out, but what was that? 265:Wid her lips so red an' her teef so white. 1799: 1785: 1777: 1421:, University of Texas Press, 1985, p. 17. 36: 636:Learn how and when to remove this message 499:, where it is still a popular folk song. 431:Ef it hadn't a-been for Cotton-eyed Joe. 414:Ef it had n't a-been for Cotton-eyed Joe. 408:Her lips was red an' her eyes was bright, 401:Ef it had n't a-been for Cotton-eyed Joe. 391:Hi's teeth was out an' his nose was flat, 388:If it had n't a-been for Cotton-eyed Joe. 375:Ef it had n't a-been for Cotton-eyed Joe! 1382:. Traditionalmusic.co.uk. pp. 69–70 1251:. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 68. 1225:"Information at The Fiddler's Companion" 342:And she swore from me she'd never part; 340:And I loved that gal with all my heart, 1245:Snodgrass, Mary Ellen (8 August 2016). 1111: 335:If it hadn't been for Cotton-eyed Joe, 322:If it hadn't been for Cotton-eyed Joe, 309:If it hadn't been for Cotton-eyed Joe, 278:An' lef' me hyear fur ter weep all day. 43: 1454:. The Grateful Dead Family Discography 1392: 349:O Cotton-eyed Joe, O Cotton-eyed Joe, 281:O Cotton-eyed Joe, O Cotton-eyed Joe, 274:An' she swo' fum me she'd never part; 272:An' I loved dat gal wid all my heart, 267:Ef it hadn't ben fur Cotton-eyed Joe, 254:Ef it hadn't ben fur Cotton-eyed Joe, 248:An' his teef wuz out, but wat uv dat? 241:Ef it hadn't ben fur Cotton-eyed Joe, 2050:Songs about fictional male characters 1731:"Cotton Eyed Joe (The Murder Ballad)" 1493:"Honky Tonks, Hymns, & the Blues" 878:on the soundtrack album for the film 694:also covered the song in their album 429:I'd 'a' been married forty years ago, 427:An' she run off wid him to Tennessee, 346:And left me here for to weep all day. 193:, or having been blinded by drinking 7: 1248:The Encyclopedia of World Folk Dance 574:adding citations to reliable sources 404:She was de prettiest gal to be found 355:I'd have married that gal for true. 285:O Joe, ef it hadn't er ben fur you, 1640:. American Folk-lore Society. 1965. 1281:. Harper and Brothers. p. vi. 1120:"The Many Lives of 'Cotton Eyed Joe 974:The Color of Music: Cotton Eyed Joe 844:The New Folk Sound of Terry Callier 412:I'd 'a' been married forty year ago 399:I'd 'a' been married forty year ago 386:I'd 'a' been married forty year ago 373:I'd 'a' been married forty year ago 367:Don't you remember Cotton-eyed Joe? 365:Don't you remember, don't you know, 327:No gal so handsome could be found, 170:(1878–1935) noted in her 1925 book 1686:. Country Music Foundation Press. 417:Dat gal, she sho' had all my love, 353:O Joe, if it hadn't been for you, 318:For he was tall, and he was slim, 301:Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe, 250:Fur he wuz tall, an' he wuz slim, 237:Fur ter take my gal erway fum me, 233:Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe, 25: 1637:The Journal of American Folk-lore 1354:Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen 419:An swore fum ne she'd never move, 395:Kase he was tall, and berry slim, 380:He was de nig dat sarved me so, – 378:Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe, 369:Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe, 307:And carry her down to Tennessee? 305:For to take my gal away from me, 287:I'd er married dat gal fur true. 276:But den wid Joe she runned away, 259:No gal so hansum could be foun', 239:An' cyar her plum ter Tennessee? 128:' version of the song received a 1680:Wolfe, Charles K. (March 1997). 1321:. Harper and Brothers. pp.  1150:On the Trail of Negro Folk-songs 725:Select list of recorded versions 550: 471:"Cotton Eyed Joe", performed by 344:But then with Joe she ran away, 320:And so my gal she followed him. 252:An' so my gal she follered him. 172:On the Trail of Negro Folk-songs 561:needs additional citations for 397:An' so my gal she follered him. 351:What did make you serve me so? 337:I'd have been married long ago. 329:Not in all this country round, 324:I'd have been married long ago. 311:I'd have been married long ago. 303:What did make you serve me so, 283:What did make you sarve me so? 235:What did make you sarve me so, 85:942) is a traditional American 1419:Dance Across Texas Betty Casey 371:What did make you treat me so? 261:Not in all dis country roun', 256:I'd er been married long ergo. 243:I'd er been married long ergo. 1: 1512:Albert and Josephine Bulter, 788:The Josh White Stories Vol. 1 536:If You're Gonna Play in Texas 515:Encyclopedia of Social Dance. 384:Carried her off to Tennessee. 1550:. tralala.gr. 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Index

Cotton Eyed Joe
Cotton Eye Joe (Rednex song)
Song
Genre
Country folk
Roud
country folk
American South
Rednex
version
banjo
bluegrass
fiddle
line dance
Urban Cowboy
the Moody Brothers
Grammy Award
the Chieftains
Ricky Skaggs
Another Country
American Civil War
folklorist
Dorothy Scarborough
plantations
The Chieftains
moonshine
wood alcohol
trachoma
syphilis
cataracts

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