Cotton eyed joe fiddle pdf

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Side Note : The chord changes in this version are my own arrangement. Most times it is a one chord A song! I dig simplicity, but I also like a little movement sometimes.

I think they enhance the quirky modal quality this tune inherently has. Along these same lines, I altered the melody a little bit to my liking too. I think these elements enhance the modal trance-like mood this tune has. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Navigation Home Non-Member Welcome! Members Login Here Join Us! Finally, here is a sampling of the "Bluegrass" style of Cotton Eyed Joe. In this sample, you will hear Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys , Ricky Skaggs with the Cheiftans , beginning of the song , and finally Rednex In the Roud index of folksongs it is number The film Urban Cowboy sparked a renewed interest in the dance. And in , a version of the song recorded by the Swedish band Rednex as "Cotton Eye Joe" became popular worldwide.

The origins of this song are unclear, although it pre-dates the — American Civil War. American folklorist Dorothy Scarborough — noted in her book On the Trail of Negro Folk-songs, that several people remember hearing the song before the war and her sister, Mrs.