Hold on, I did my research
"A list of the possible meanings of the term "cotton-eyed" that have been proposed includes: to be drunk on moonshine, or to have been blinded by drinking wood alcohol, turning the eyes milky white; a black person with very light blue eyes; someone whose eyes were milky white from bacterial infections of trachoma or syphilis, cataracts or glaucoma; or the contrast of dark skin tone around white eyeballs in black people"
But since cotton-eye Joe stole the singers beautiful fiancé, who voluntarily ran away with him, I doubt he had an STI. Why would you decide you want to sleep with someone who even got blind already from an STI? Also I didn't know that this song was already more than 160yrs old. The more you know.
"A list of the possible meanings of the term "cotton-eyed" that have been proposed includes: to be drunk on moonshine, or to have been blinded by drinking wood alcohol, turning the eyes milky white; a black person with very light blue eyes; someone whose eyes were milky white from bacterial infections of trachoma or syphilis, cataracts or glaucoma; or the contrast of dark skin tone around white eyeballs in black people"
But since cotton-eye Joe stole the singers beautiful fiancé, who voluntarily ran away with him, I doubt he had an STI. Why would you decide you want to sleep with someone who even got blind already from an STI? Also I didn't know that this song was already more than 160yrs old. The more you know.