American Folk Dancing
Vocabulary
| storm | cotton | midwinter |
| smile | field (2) | ride/rode/ridden |
| tool | strong | handsome |
| gun | disaster | heart (2) |
| break/broke/broken |
Video
Transcript
If it hadn’t been for cotton-eye Joe
I’d been married long time ago
Where did you come from. Where did you go?
Where did you come from cotton-eye Joe?
He came to town like a midwinter storm
He rode through the fields so
Handsome and strong
His eyes was his tools and his smile was his gun
But all he had come for was having some fun
If it hadn’t been for cotton-eye Joe
I’d been married long time ago
Where did you come from. Where did you go?
Where did you come from cotton-eye Joe?
He brought disaster wherever he went
The hearts of the girls was to hell broken sent
They all ran away so nobody would know
And left only men cause of cotton-eye Joe
If it hadn’t been for cotton-eye Joe
I’d been married long time ago
Where did you come from. Where did you go?
Where did you come from cotton-eye Joe?
Questions
Texas. This was a farm. This was in a village. True or false? Where was this place?
Oklahoma. Did the music come from a CD and stereo system?
Mississippi. How did the dancers dress? What did the men and women wear?
Alabama. Were there any props or was it a plain dance floor?
Louisiana. Did the men and women dance together, dance separately or both?
Tennessee. Was there only strictly dancing or were there also acrobatics?
Kentucky. The audience were bored by the performance; the performance was boring. Is this correct or incorrect?
Arkansas. Is this (your image or stereotype of) traditional American dance, music and culture?
Wyoming. What are some stereotypical “Redneck” clothes, jobs, food and drink, hobbies, religion?
Missouri. Are your nation’s traditional and folk dancing, music and costumes popular?
Kansas. My friends and I would like to live in Texas, Oklahoma, Arizona, Mississippi, Alabama, or Louisiana. Yes or no?
Nebraska. What will happen in the future?
West Virginia. People must preserve their traditional dress, music, costumes. What do you think?
