At the risk of sounding vulgar, "Cotton Eyed Joe" was a pre-Civil War era tune, more or less about an indentured cockblocker.
The traditional folk song was recorded by over 100 artists before Swedish electro-dance-country artists Rednex dropped the "D" (no, not a euphemism), and recorded "Cotton Eye Joe."
The whereabouts of Cotton Eye Joe remain a mystery (and gave rise to one of my favorite memes).
Spokane, Washington pop folk duo The Sweeplings reimagined the barnburner as a haunting down-tempo dirge.
There has been some speculation about what made Joe "Cotton Eyed." Two very plausible theories are glaucoma or syphilis.
Because of song lines like "He came into town like a raging storm," I would think the latter is probably dead on.
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