Don't you remember, don't you know Daddy worked a man they called Cotton Eyed Joe Daddy worked a man they called Cotton Eyed Joe Had it not been for Cotton Eyed Joe I'd-a been married a long time ago I'd-a been married a long time ago Oh come on, Cotton Eyed Joe, lets play ol'Kelso Oh, excuse me I've got it all wrong, Kelso yeah! Down in the cotton patch down below Everybody singing the Cotton Eyed Joe Everybody singing the Cotton Eyed Joe Had it not been for Cotton Eyed Joe I'd-a been married a long time ago I'd-a been married a long time ago I know a gal lives down below Used to go to see her, but I don't no more Used to go to see her, but I don't no more Had it not been for Cotton Eyed Joe I'd-a been married a long time ago I'd-a been married a long time ago Oh, brother Louis Yes, yeah Tune my fiddle and rosin my bow I'm gonna make music everywhere I go Gonna play a tune they call Cotton Eyed Joe Had it not been for Cotton Eyed Joe I'd-a been married a long time ago I'd-a been married a long time ago