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Artist: The Sweeplings
Canonical path: /the-sweeplings/cotton-eye-joe
Related lyric paths: 6
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Cotton Eye Joe
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Cotton Eye Joe
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Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Where did he go?
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married a long time ago
Where did he come from? Where did he go?
Where did he come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
Yeah
He came in to town like a raging storm
He rode through the fields so handsome and strong
His eyes were his tools and his smile was his gun
And all he had come for was having some fun
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married a long time ago
Where did he come from? Where did he go?
Where did he come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
Where did he go?
Ooh
Ooh
Ooh
(Where did he go?)
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married a long time ago
Where did he come from? Where did he go?
Where did he come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married a long time ago
Where did he come from? Where did he go?
Where did he come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
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