Cotton Eyed Joe

And old time tune often played on fiddle, fingerpicked here on soprano ukulele. This is a good one for singing too. There are words available at http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=1353

This song has its own Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton-Eyed_Joe

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Music

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• uke
• oldtime
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[smurfswacker]

Thanks for this lively interpretation of the old standard.

I first heard "Cotton-Eyed Joe" in Bob Wills' legendary rendition. Wills' melody differs substantially from the original (though you can still hear hints of it). After reading the Wikipedia entries and listening to various recordings, I still wonder just when the tune changed shape. Did Wills and Co. "modernize" it for their recording?

[heftone]

I've heard a number of substantially different versions of this tune, but I have no idea which would be closest to the original version. Bob Wills had a hot modern band, but his own fiddle playing was very old-timey, so I suppose his band played the melody pretty much like Bob Wills heard it as a boy.

[duyagetme]

This is so much fun to watch...thank you!!!

[pauloasis]

Me thinks your Banjo picking skills have helped you here . fanblooming tastic though

[matkusko]

I want tab for this.. Its AWESOME :D

[adders45]

cool

[GostaUlvfot]

Very good ukulele playing

[Ryeband]

That was amazing!

[heinbanjo12]

Your minute music clips are allways interesting. Hein