Cotton Eyed Joe

This is a traditional American fiddle tune. I'm sure there are many versions of the tune, as well as many sets of lyrics that are used with it from time to time.

The lyrics to this old version are:

Where did you come from?
Where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton Eyed Joe?

Come from the east,
Come from the west,
Come from a place called Cotton Eyed Joe.




Cotton Eyed Joe got a new suit of clothes.
Nobody knows where he got them clothes.

Cotton Eyed Joe got a new suit of clothes.
Nobody knows where he got them clothes.

"I got a new suit of clothes too. Nobody wrote a sonnet about it, though."