Cotton Eye Joe / Traditional Folk Song / Wood Top Banjo

2 years ago
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Song starts at 1:15 -Thought I try Cotton Eye Joe again this time on a wood top banjo that sounds sort of like a dulcimer. This is kind of an experimental version. Cotton Eye Joe is a traditional Folk song, I play it clawhammer style. The intro and outro got kind of long. I might edit it out later. Here are the timestamps if you want to skip around.

Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:15 - Song starts
3:50 - Outro

Cotton Eyed Joe - lyrics

I want to go a'courting but I could not go
Had to stay home with Cotton-Eyed Joe,
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eyed Joe
I'd a'been married a long time ago

Where did you (he) come from where did you go
Where did you come from Cotton-Eyed Joe? (x2)

I want to go to town but I could not go
Had to take care of Cotton-Eyed Joe,
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eyed Joe
I'd a'been married a long time ago...

They whipped that man with a rope and a line
They whipped that man 'til he lost his mind,
They whipped that man to the longleaf pine
They whipped that man 'til he went stone blind...

They whipped that man with a line and a rope
They whipped that man 'til he Buzzard Loped
They whipped that man with a rope and a line
They whipped that man 'til he lost his mind...

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