Johnson Boys / Cotton Eyed Joe

Johnson boys were born in the ashes

Didn't know how to court a maid

Turned their backs and hide their faces

Sight of a pretty girl made ‘em afraid (5x)

Johnson boys they went a courtin'

Coon Creek girls so pretty and sweet

They couldn't make no conversation

Didn't know where to put their feet (5x)

Johnson boys they went a huntin'

Took two dogs and went astray

Tore there clothes and scratched their faces

Didn't come back till the break of day (5x)

Johnson boys the went to the city

Ridin' in a Chevrolet

They came home broke and a walking

Had no money for to pay their way (5x)

If it had to be for Cotton-Eyed Joe

I'd be married long time ago

Where did you come from, where did you go

Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe (2x)

Get out your fiddle, rous'n up your bow

Play an old tune called Cotton-Eyed Joe

Where did you come from, where did you go

Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe