What does the expression “cotton eyed Joe” indicates?
Question by habdull: What does the expression “cotton eyed Joe” means?
I´ve heard it from the band rednex ,but then I´ve located out its originally a folksong from south US . what is it about and by the way does country music does come Ireland or at least some of the Irish or celtic influence ?
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Answer by Brainz
“Cotton-Eyed Joe” is a common American folk song recognized at different instances all through the United States and Canada, despite the fact that right now it is most commonly associated with the American South!!!.
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Cotton Eye Joe
The song we now do the Cotton Eye Joe dance to was actually recorded by a Swedish group known as Rednex. Previously there have benn more than a hundred recorded versions of the song.
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