If I 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 came from cotton-eye Joe
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He came to 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
If I 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 came from cotton-eye Joe
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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
If I 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 came from cotton-eye Joe
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