On a pink sky misty morning back in 1994
We met down by the river where the mountain flowers grow
And then the clouds they started rolling,
cast a shadow on the road
And there we stood before us,
a man that no one knows
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?
She left me alone with nowhere to go Spent
my life trying to bring her back home
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton Eye Joe?
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
She was smiling,
but the smile was not for me He walked
right up and took her hand and said,
Boy, take a seat
He's a fast-talking man of Swindon
Take the sugar out your teeth
So keep a hold of your women, boys
Cause he took mine right from me
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?
She left me alone with nowhere to go Spent
my life trying to bring her back home
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton Eye Joe?
Oh,
oh, oh, oh, oh
Her daddy was a preacher,
spent his Sundays in the church
He was teaching her right from wrongs,
but she didn't listen much
So the next time that you see her,
would you tell her this from me?
If you wanna dance with the devil,
girl,
then you ain't dancing with me
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?
She left me alone with nowhere to go Spent
my life trying to bring her back home
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton Eye Joe?
Oh,
oh, oh, oh, oh
She left me alone with nowhere to go Spent
my life trying to bring her back home
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton Eye Joe?