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THE BEST OLD FIDDLE (COTTON-EYED JOE) Sung by: W.P. Detherow Recorded in Batesville, AR, 7/19/52 Click here to listen to the original recording The best old fiddle in the countee-o. My old fiddle is made of wood, The best old fiddle in the neighborhood. Your old fiddle is made of pine, The best old fiddle exceptin' mine. Homemade sugar and a puncheon floor, I spend my money and I work for more. Tune up a fiddle and I rosin up a bow, And I knocked darnation out of Cotton-Eyed Joe. I'd been married six or seven years ago, T'hadn't a-been for Cotton-Eyed Joe. Wanted to go to meeting and they wouldn't let me go, And I had to stay at home with Cotton-Eyed Joe. |
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All Songs Recorded by John Quincy Wolf, Jr., unless otherwise noted The John Quincy Wolf Folklore Collection Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas Back to the Song Index Back to the Wolf Collection Homepage ©Copyright 2002 Lyon College |