Josh White Jr. - Cotton-Eyed Joe [HD]

1,478 views · Published 17 September 2016 · 2:40 · Indexed 25 October 2026

Channel: Gary Larson · 2016 · People & Blogs

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Josh White Jr., folk and blues singer - and son of an important blues singer, sings 'Cotton-Eyed Joe' from his 1964  Mercury album 'I'm On My Own Way'. This is a traditional pre-Civil War song (Roud #942) of the American South sung with many different sets of lyrics and used as an inspiration for dances. "Cotton-eyed" may refer to being drunk on moonshine or having white eyes from various infections. The singer's sisters Beverly, Fern and Judy sing background on this song.

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