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Bet out for Jim for Cotton-Eye Joe
I've been married a long time ago.
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eyed Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
But all he had come for the cumbersome fall.
But all he had come for was having some fun.
Cadillac Joe
Cotton Eye Joe
Can I kick the Cotton Eye Joe
I'd be married long time ago
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago
Caught in Eye Joe
Cotton Eye Joe
Check out, begin for Cotton-Eyed Joe
I been married a long time ago.
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I've been married a long time ago.
Come out and bid on Cotton Eyed Joe.
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eyed Joe...
Crack Night Joe
Cotton Eye Joe
Cut and ride show
Cotton Eye Joe
Cut in Eye Joe
Cotton Eye Joe
Cut my toe.
Cotton Eye Joe
Cutting my toe.
Cotton-Eye Joe
Fi fi fo bim for Cotton Eye Joe
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
Fiddlin' out for Cotton Eye Joe
If I hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
Fill out the bin for Cotton-Eye Joe.
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe.
Get out the beans for Crocodile Joe
I'd been worried a long time ago
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from Crocodile Joe?
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
Get out the beautiful Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married a long time ago.
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married a long time ago.
Get out your bin for Cotton Eye Joe
I've been married a long time ago.
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
Good afternoon there, Cotton-Eye Joe
I've been buried long time ago.
If it hadn't been for Cotton-eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
Good afternoon to Cotton Eye Joe!
I've been married long time long.
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
Good afternoon to Cotton Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
Good afternoon, cracker nine Joe
I be wearin' long time ago
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from cracker nine Joe?
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd have been married long time ago
Where did you come from? where did you go?
Where did you come from Cotton-Eye Joe?
Good afternoon, get off of my toe.
If it hadn't been for Cotton-eye Joe
He bought this house from the Liberty Wells.
He brought disaster wherever he went.
He came to town like a moving storm
He rode through the fields that were half a mile long
He's asking his tools and Sally was his guy
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
Head Ida feed the cotton eyed joe
If it hadn't been for Cotton-eye Joe
Hey-ya da-dib-dib Cotton-eye Joe
I've been married long time ago.
If it hadn't been for Cotton-eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
I had a friend called Cotton-Eye Joe
We might have been married a long time ago.
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
If I had a friend called Cotton Eye Joe
I've been married long time ago.
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
If it had been for Cotton Eye Joe
I'd have been buried a long time ago
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago
If it hadn't been for Catherine and Joe
I'd been married a long time ago
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Catherine and Joe?
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married a long time ago
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long tae bo
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe,
I'd've married that dirty ho.
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd've been married a long time ago.
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd be buried a long time ago.
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eyed Joe
I'd have been buried a long time ago.
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
If it hadn't been for my friend Joe
I'd been buried long time ago.
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
If it was for Cotton eyed Joe
It would have the name of a boar.
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married a long time ago.
It's 5 A.M. for Cotton Eye Joe
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
It's down for me and Cotton Eye Joe
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
N'gah, N'gih'n Cotton Eye Joe,
I've been married long time ago.
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe,
I'd've been married long time ago.
Pick up the fan for Cotton Eye Joe
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
Ready to come and ready to go
Ready to come from Kathmandu
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe?
Editor's notes: (1) The title of this song is "Cotton Eye Joe", not "Cotton Eyed Joe" (there's no 'd' in the title). (2) Please don't use emojis when submitting entries; such symbols make the entry hard to read.
Ready to come, ready to go,
Ready to come to Kathmandu
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe?
Ready to come, ready to go
Ready to go to Kathmandu!
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton Eye Joe?
Right outta beans for Goggle Eyed Joe
>I'd been married a long time ago
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married a long time ago
Spit out your lymph node Cotton Eye Joe
I'd've been married a long time ago
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd've been married a long time ago.
Straight outta Compton, Cotton-eye Joe
I've been buried long time ago.
If it hadn't been for Cotton-eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
Well I remember Cotton Eye Joe
I've been married a long time ago.
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd had been married a long time ago.
Where did you caca?
Where did you come from?
Where did you come from coughing up jokes?
Where did you come from, Cotton Eye Joe?
Where did you come from, carbonite show?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
Where did you come from, couldn't I go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Kathmandu?
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton Eye Joe?
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from? Katmandu
or
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Jewel?
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe?
Where did you come from,
where did you grow?
Where did you come from,
where did you go?
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from, button eyed toe?
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
Where did you come from?
Where did you go?
Where did you come from?
Where did you grow?
Where did you golf from?
What if you don't?
Where did you come from?
Where did you go?
Where did you hum from?
are you ready to go?
Where did you hum from, Cotton eyed sow?
Where did you come from?
Where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe?
Where have I been with Cotton-Eye Joe
I've been there for a long time ago.
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd've been married a long time ago.