<Tr> <Th> Published </Th> <Td> Before 1861 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Country folk </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Unknown </Td> </Tr> <P> "Cotton - Eye Joe" (also known as "Cotton - Eyed Joe") is a traditional American country folk song popular at various times throughout the United States and Canada, although today it is most commonly associated with the American South . In the Roud index of folksongs it is No. 942 . </P>

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