If it hadn't been for cotton-eye joe I'd been married long time ago Where did you come from, where did you go Where did you come from cotton-eye joe
Get out your fiddle, rosin' up your bow Play an old tune called Cotton-Eyed Joe Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from Cotton-Eyed Joe?
He came to town like a midwinter storm He rode through the fields So handsome and strong His eyes was his tools and his smile was his gun But all he had come for was having some fun