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The origins of this song are unclear, although it pre-dates the 1861–1865 American Civil War. (source)
Lyrics
(Folk song)
If it hadn’t been for Cotton Eyed Joe,
I’d been married a long time ago.
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 go?
Where did you come from Cotton Eyed Joe?
Another Version
See also
- songs from the Southeastern states (U.S.)
- pentatonic songs
- songs with half notes
- recorder songs with DEGAB
- songs with Orff arrangements
- songs with sixteenth-eighth-sixteenth note patterns
- songs with I IV V chords
- more lyrics
- dance
- source:Â Silver Burdett Music, Book 2, Silver Burdett Company, 1981
YouTube
- Song with chords (both versions), Adapted Version easier for recorder player (DEGAB) to teach low so, Orff Arrangement
- 2 MIDI files
- Listen to the song
