Annotation:Cotton Eyed Joe (3)
X:1 T: Cotton Eyed Joe [4] N:From the playing of Jerry Robichaud M:C| L:1/8 R:Reel D:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEbRkW9MCrw D:Fretless 201, Jerry Robichaud - "Martime Dance Party" (1978) Z:Transcribed by Andrew Kuntz K:A ((3efg|a)fea fecB|AcAc BAFA|EFED CEAB|(c/B/A)Bc B2((3efg| a)fea (g/f/e)cB|AcAc BAFA|EFED CEAB|cABc A2:| |:(3FED|CEAE A,EAE|CEAE A,EAE|DFAF AdFF|AFF.d z(E/F/E)D| CEAE A,EAE|CEAE A,EAE|EGBG "4"eGBG|Ac (B/c/B) A2:|]
COTTON EYED JOE [3]. Canadian, American; Reel. Canada, Ontario. A Major. The Canadian "Cotton Eyed Joe," as played by Gerry Robichaud, for example, can be considered different tune than the Southern U.S. "Cotton Eyed Joe (1)". Vivian Williams believes it was one of the "required tunes" at the Shelburne, Ontario, fiddlers contest at one time. Ken Perlman (1996), who collected the tune on Prince Edward Island, believes Canadian versions probably derived from the playing of radio and TV Maritime fiddler Don Messer (and opines that the second strain is played with a strong Acadian flavor). The main "Cotton Eyed Joe" strains in this version have become much more diluted, especially in the 'B' part, which is a series of shuffled chords.