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"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Bet out for Jim for Cotton-Eye Joe
I've been married a long time ago.
I've been married a long time ago.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eyed Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
I'd have been married a long time ago.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
But all he had come for the cumbersome fall.
Original Lyrics:
But all he had come for was having some fun.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cadillac Joe
Original Lyrics:
Cotton Eye Joe
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Can I kick the Cotton Eye Joe
I'd be married long time ago
I'd be married long time ago
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago
I'd have been married a long time ago
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Caught in Eye Joe
Original Lyrics:
Cotton Eye Joe
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Check out, begin for Cotton-Eyed Joe
I been married a long time ago.
I been married a long time ago.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I've been married a long time ago.
I've been married a long time ago.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Come out and bid on Cotton Eyed Joe.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eyed Joe...
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cotnigo
Original Lyrics:
Cotton Eye Joe
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Crack Night Joe
Original Lyrics:
Cotton Eye Joe
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cut and ride show
Original Lyrics:
Cotton Eye Joe
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cut in Eye Joe
Original Lyrics:
Cotton Eye Joe
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cut my toe.
Original Lyrics:
Cotton Eye Joe
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Cutting my toe.
Original Lyrics:
Cotton-Eye Joe
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fi fi fo bim for Cotton Eye Joe
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fiddlin' out for Cotton Eye Joe
Original Lyrics:
If I hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fill out the bin for Cotton-Eye Joe.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get out the beans for Crocodile Joe
I'd been worried a long time ago
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from Crocodile Joe?
I'd been worried a long time ago
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from Crocodile Joe?
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
I'd have been married a long time ago
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get out the beautiful Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married a long time ago.
I'd been married a long time ago.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married a long time ago.
I'd been married a long time ago.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Get out your bin for Cotton Eye Joe
I've been married a long time ago.
I've been married a long time ago.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
I'd have been married a long time ago.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Good afternoon there, Cotton-Eye Joe
I've been buried long time ago.
I've been buried long time ago.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
I'd have been married a long time ago.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Good afternoon to Cotton Eye Joe!
I've been married long time long.
I've been married long time long.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
I'd have been married a long time ago.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Good afternoon to Cotton Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
I'd have been married a long time ago.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
I'd have been married a long time ago.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Good afternoon, cracker nine Joe
I be wearin' long time ago
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from cracker nine Joe?
I be wearin' long time ago
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from cracker nine Joe?
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd have been married long time ago
Where did you come from? where did you go?
Where did you come from Cotton-Eye Joe?
I'd have been married long time ago
Where did you come from? where did you go?
Where did you come from Cotton-Eye Joe?
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Good afternoon, get off of my toe.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-eye Joe
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
He bought this house from the Liberty Wells.
Original Lyrics:
He brought disaster wherever he went.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
He came to town like a moving storm
He rode through the fields that were half a mile long
He's asking his tools and Sally was his guy
He rode through the fields that were half a mile long
He's asking his tools and Sally was his guy
Original Lyrics:
He came to town like a midwinter storm
He rode through the fields, so handsome and strong
His eyes was his tools and his smile was his gun
He rode through the fields, so handsome and strong
His eyes was his tools and his smile was his gun
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
He was Margaret Sangster wherever he went
Original Lyrics:
He brought disaster wherever he went
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Head Ida feed the cotton eyed joe
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-eye Joe
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Hey-ya da-dib-dib Cotton-eye Joe
I've been married long time ago.
I've been married long time ago.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
I'd have been married a long time ago.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
I had a friend called Cotton-Eye Joe
We might have been married a long time ago.
We might have been married a long time ago.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
I'd have been married a long time ago.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
I'd been Harry a long time ago
Original Lyrics:
I'd been married a long time ago
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
If I had a beer for Cotton-Eye Joe
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
If I had a friend called Cotton Eye Joe
I've been married long time ago.
I've been married long time ago.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
I'd have been married a long time ago.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
If it had been for Cotton Eye Joe
I'd have been buried a long time ago
I'd have been buried a long time ago
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago
I'd have been married a long time ago
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Catherine and Joe
I'd been married a long time ago
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Catherine and Joe?
I'd been married a long time ago
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Catherine and Joe?
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married a long time ago
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
I'd been married a long time ago
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long tae bo
I'd have been married a long tae bo
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago
I'd have been married a long time ago
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe,
I'd've married that dirty ho.
I'd've married that dirty ho.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd've been married a long time ago.
I'd've been married a long time ago.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd be buried a long time ago.
I'd be buried a long time ago.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
I'd have been married a long time ago.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eyed Joe
I'd have been buried a long time ago.
I'd have been buried a long time ago.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
I'd have been married a long time ago.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for my friend Joe
I'd been buried long time ago.
I'd been buried long time ago.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
I'd have been married a long time ago.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
If it was for Cotton eyed Joe
It would have the name of a boar.
It would have the name of a boar.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married a long time ago.
I'd been married a long time ago.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's 5 A.M. for Cotton Eye Joe
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
It's down for me and Cotton Eye Joe
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
N'gah, N'gih'n Cotton Eye Joe,
I've been married long time ago.
I've been married long time ago.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe,
I'd've been married long time ago.
I'd've been married long time ago.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Pick up the fan for Cotton Eye Joe
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton Eye Joe
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ready to come and ready to go
Ready to come from Kathmandu
Ready to come from Kathmandu
Original Lyrics:
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe?
Editor's notes: (1) The title of this song is "Cotton Eye Joe", not "Cotton Eyed Joe" (there's no 'd' in the title). (2) Please don't use emojis when submitting entries; such symbols make the entry hard to read.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ready to come, ready to go,
Ready to come to Kathmandu
Ready to come to Kathmandu
Original Lyrics:
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe?
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ready to come, ready to go
Ready to go to Kathmandu!
Ready to go to Kathmandu!
Original Lyrics:
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton Eye Joe?
Where did you come from, Cotton Eye Joe?
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Right outta beans for Goggle Eyed Joe
>I'd been married a long time ago
>I'd been married a long time ago
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd been married a long time ago
I'd been married a long time ago
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Spit out your lymph node Cotton Eye Joe
I'd've been married a long time ago
I'd've been married a long time ago
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd've been married a long time ago.
I'd've been married a long time ago.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Straight outta Compton, Cotton-eye Joe
I've been buried long time ago.
I've been buried long time ago.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-eye Joe
I'd have been married a long time ago.
I'd have been married a long time ago.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Well I remember Cotton Eye Joe
I've been married a long time ago.
I've been married a long time ago.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd had been married a long time ago.
I'd had been married a long time ago.
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where did you caca?
Original Lyrics:
Where did you come from?
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where did you come from coughing up jokes?
Original Lyrics:
Where did you come from, Cotton Eye Joe?
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where did you come from, carbonite show?
Original Lyrics:
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where did you come from, couldn't I go?
Original Lyrics:
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Kathmandu?
Where did you come from, Kathmandu?
Original Lyrics:
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton Eye Joe?
Where did you come from, Cotton Eye Joe?
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from? Katmandu
or
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Jewel?
Where did you come from? Katmandu
or
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Jewel?
Original Lyrics:
Where did you come from, where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe?
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where did you come from,
where did you grow?
where did you grow?
Original Lyrics:
Where did you come from,
where did you go?
where did you go?
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from, button eyed toe?
Where did you come from, button eyed toe?
Original Lyrics:
Where did you come from? Where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where did you come from?
Where did you go?
Where did you go?
Original Lyrics:
Where did you come from?
Where did you grow?
Where did you grow?
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where did you golf from?
What if you don't?
What if you don't?
Original Lyrics:
Where did you come from?
Where did you go?
Where did you go?
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where did you hum from?
are you ready to go?
Where did you hum from, Cotton eyed sow?
are you ready to go?
Where did you hum from, Cotton eyed sow?
Original Lyrics:
Where did you come from?
Where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe?
Where did you go?
Where did you come from, Cotton-Eyed Joe?
"Cotton Eye Joe"
Misheard Lyrics:
Where have I been with Cotton-Eye Joe
I've been there for a long time ago.
I've been there for a long time ago.
Original Lyrics:
If it hadn't been for Cotton-Eye Joe
I'd've been married a long time ago.
I'd've been married a long time ago.
"Is He Alive"
Misheard Lyrics:
Al Gore
put your fingers in the air
put your fingers in the air
Original Lyrics:
Oh no
put your fingers in the ear
put your fingers in the ear
"Old Pop in an Oak"
Misheard Lyrics:
I choked when my snuff caught up in my throat
Original Lyrics:
I choked when my snus caught up in my throat
"Old Pop in an Oak"
Misheard Lyrics:
Ye never gonna seize the pot that I smoke
Original Lyrics:
Ever gonna see his old pipe in a smoke
"Rolling Home"
Misheard Lyrics:
We are Rolie Polie
Original Lyrics:
We are rolling home
"The Way I Mate"
Misheard Lyrics:
I call a Hobby Lobby
Original Lyrics:
I call a hubby hubby
"Wild 'N Free"
Misheard Lyrics:
Not heading for the yeast
Original Lyrics:
Not heading for the East
"Wild and Free"
Misheard Lyrics:
Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!
or
Oy! Oy! Oy! Oy!
or
Oy! Oy! Oy! Oy!
Original Lyrics:
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
"Wish You Were Here"
Misheard Lyrics:
And I miss you right here
Original Lyrics:
And I miss you like hell
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