Cotton Eyed Joe (The Murder Ballad)

He came to town like a midwinter storm

He rode through the fields, so handsome and adored

He was passin at every single woman in town,

Guess he heard there werent no law around

said all he come for was to have some fun

Now I loved miss Eeylene since we first met,

And on her those torches were set,

Now the sides of his eyes were angel like white,

The kind of blues you can see in the night,,

No holsters his smile was his gun

Well if it hadn’t been for cotton eyed joe

See id been married a long time go

Where did you come from? Where did you go?

And who you on the run from… cotton eyed joe

Now I hadn’t see my love for near a week,

Same amount I didnt see that sneak,

Then a bounty man pulled up quick as the rain,

Asking if I knew a man with a peculiar name,

Then he told the truth I just couldnt bear…

Joe brought disaster wherever he went

The hearts of girls was to Hell, broken, sent

See he had a heart made out of concrete filler,

Known out east as the cotton eyed killer,

And he caught my eyeleen in his snare

Well if it hadn’t been for cotton eyed joe

See id been married a long time go

Where did you come from? Where did you go?

And who you on the run from… cotton eyed joe

You can run for as long as you want to

But you wont rest till the day that you die,

I’ll be there in every shadow you come through,

This mule ain\'t young enough to take us both alive….

Well if it hadn’t been for cotton eyed joe

I’d been buried a long time go

Where did you come from? Where did you go?

It’s me you’re on the run from Cotton Eyed Joe