Way back yonder a long time ago Daddy had a man called Cotton-Eyed Joe Blew into town on a travelin' show Nobody danced like the Cotton-Eyed Joe, Cotton-Eyed Joe, Cotton-Eyed Joe Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe? Mama's at the window, Mama's at the door She can't see nothin' but the Cotton-Eyed Joe Daddy held the fiddle, I held the bow We beat the hell out of Cotton-Eyed Joe. Cotton-Eyed Joe, Cotton-Eyed Joe Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe? Made himself a fiddle, made himself a bow Made a little tune called the Cotton-Eyed Joe Hadn't oughta been for the Cotton-Eyed Joe I'd a-been married some forty years ago. Cotton-Eyed Joe, Cotton-Eyed Joe Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe? Whenever there's dance all the women want to go And they all want to dance with the Cotton-Eyed Joe Daddy won't say but I think he knows Whatever happened to the Cotton-Eyed Joe. Cotton-Eyed Joe, Cotton-Eyed Joe Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, where did you go? Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe?