Where did you come from where did you go betydning?
Cotton-Eyed Joe
Kan du ikke huske Cotton-eyed Joe?
Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe,
Hvad fik dig til at behandle mig sådan?
Jeg ville være blevet gift for fyrre år siden
Hvis det ikke havde været for Cotton-eyed Joe!

Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe,
Han var den nigger, der behandlede mig sådan, -
Han tog min pige væk fra mig,
Bragte hende væk til Tennessee.
Jeg ville være blevet gift for fyrre år siden
Hvis det ikke havde været for Cotton-eyed Joe.

Hans tænder var ude og hans næse var flad,
Hans øjne var skæve, - men hun var ligeglad med det.
Han var nemlig høj og meget slank,
Og min pige fulgte ham.
Jeg ville være blevet gift for fyrre år siden
Hvis det ikke havde været for Cotton-eyed Joe.

Hun var den smukkeste pige, der var at finde
Anywhar in the country round;
Hendes læber var røde og hendes øjne var klare,
Hendes hud var sort, men hendes tænder var hvide.
Jeg ville være blevet gift for fyrre år siden
Hvis det ikke havde været for Cotton-eyed Joe.

Den pige, hun havde al min kærlighed,
og svor, at hun aldrig ville flytte sig,
Men Joe gjorde hende til en homo, kan du ikke se det?
Og hun stak af med ham til Tennessee,
Jeg ville være blevet gift for 40 år siden,
hvis det ikke havde været for Cotton-eyed Joe."
Cotton-Eyed Joe
Don't you remember Cotton-eyed Joe?
Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe,
What did make you treat me so?
I'd 'a' been married forty year ago
Ef it had n't a-been for Cotton-eyed Joe!

Cotton-eyed Joe, Cotton-eyed Joe,
He was de nig dat sarved me so, —
Tuck my gal away fum me,
Carried her off to Tennessee.
I'd 'a' been married forty year ago
If it had n't a-been for Cotton-eyed Joe.

Hi's teeth was out an' his nose was flat,
His eyes was crossed, — but she did n't mind dat.
Kase he was tall, and berry slim,
An' so my gal she follered him.
I'd 'a' been married forty year ago
Ef it had n't a-been for Cotton-eyed Joe.

She was de prettiest gal to be found
Anywhar in de country round;
Her lips was red an' her eyes was bright,
Her skin was black but her teeth was white.
I'd 'a' been married forty year ago
Ef it had n't a-been for Cotton-eyed Joe.

Dat gal, she sho' had all my love,
An swore fum ne she'd never move,
But Joe hoodooed her, don't you see,
An' she run off wid him to Tennessee,
I'd 'a' been married forty years ago,
Ef it hadn't a-been for Cotton-eyed Joe."
Cotton-Eyed Joe