Cotton eyed joe - Rednex

 

Refrain) 

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 

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 

 

Strophe) 

He came wo 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 

 

 

Refrain) 

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 

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 

 

Strophe) 

He brought disaster wherever he went 

The hearts of the girls was to hell broken sent 

They all ran away so nobody would know 

And left only men cause of Cotton eye joe 

 

Refrain) 

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 

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 

 

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey........

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey........

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey........

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey........

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey........

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey........

 

Refrain) 

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 

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 

 

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey........

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey........

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey........

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey........

 

Outro) 

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