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Cotton Eyed Joe

Source Recording: Don Reno, Red Smiley and the Tennessee Cutups (1957)

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Key B♭ Time 4/4

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Song Details

Also Known As

Cotton-Eyed Joe, Cotton Eye Joe

Songwriter

Traditional

First Release

Dykes' Magic City Trio (1927)

Further reading

Secondhand Songs

Genres

Traditional Old-Time Traditional Bluegrass

Jam Popularity

Source Recording

Artist

Don Reno, Red Smiley and the Tennessee Cutups

Album

Single: Where Did Our Young Years Go (1957) Bluegrass Discography

Key B♭ Time Boom-Chuck Tempo 153 BPM Length 2:32

Musicians

Arthur Lee "Red" Smiley — Lead Vocals, Guitar
Walter "Hank" Garland — Mandolin
Don Reno — Backup Vocals, Banjo
Mack Magaha — Fiddle
John Palmer — Bass
Benny Martin — Fiddle

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