Posted by Pat Teachey on 11/11/2002, 8:01 pm
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Up in Appaloosa County there's a place called Ko-ko ridge.
Sets a right on the bend on the Etowah River where the water washed away the bridge.
Cotton mouth country.
A river rats knee high.
Way up around the back border lived a man that the river folks talked about:
They said you better stay away from Ko-ko Joe 'cause he's crazy no account.
Ko-ko Joe, they called him the Etowah River swamp rat and folks despised him.
Ko-ko Joe, he was an awfully peculiar man; The river was his only friend.
And the folks didn't understand the man Ko-ko Joe.
--Previous Message--
: Here's something that's bugged me for years. In
: the song "KoKo Joe", has anyone
: ever deciphered (or seen officially
: written) from the chorus...
: He was [the eddie wall river swamp rat]
: folks despised him
: Also, from earlier in the song...
: Down in Appaloosa County,
: that's a place called KoKo Ridge
: [right down the swamp from the eddie wall
: river] where [my papa musta raised a
: bridge]
: I know these bracketed lyrics aren't right.
: Does anyone know what SHOULD go there?
: Thanks in advance.
:
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