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
1. This was a farm. This was in a village. True or false? Where was this place?
2. Did the music come from a CD and stereo system?
3. How did the dancers dress? What did the men and women wear?
4. Were there any props or was it a plain dance floor?
5. Did the men and women dance together, dance separately or both?
6. Was there only strictly dancing or were there also acrobatics?
7. All the performers were slim (thin). Is this right or wrong?
8. The audience loved the performance. Is this correct or incorrect?
A. Is this (your image or stereotype of) traditional American dance, music and culture?
B. Country and Western music and dance is popular in my country. Yes or no?
C. Are your nation’s traditional and folk dancing, music and costumes popular?
D. My friends and I perform traditional or folk dancing. Yes or no?
E. What will happen in the future?
F. People must preserve their traditional dress, music, costumes. What do you think?
