Don't you remember? Don't you know? Daddy worked a man called Cotton Eyed Joe Daddy worked a man called Cotton Eyed Joe Had not it been for the Cotton Eyed Joe I'd a'been married a long time ago I'd a'been married a long time ago Down in the cotton patch, down below Everybody's singin' the "Cotton Eyed Joe" Everybody's singin' about Cotton Eyed Joe Had not it been for the Cotton Eyed Joe I'd a'been married a long time ago I'd a'been married a long time ago Tune my fiddle and rosin my bow Gonna make music everywhere I go Play a little tune called "Cotton Eyed Joe" Had not it been for the Cotton Eyed Joe I'd a'been married a long time ago I'd a'been married a long time ago