Prodigal Daughter Lyrics

Michelle Shocked
               (Poly Gram Songs, Inc)

What's to be done with a prodigal son?
Welcome him home with open arms
Throw a big party, invite your friends
Our boy's come back home  

When a girl goes home with the oats he's sown 
It's draw your shades and your shutters
She's bringing such shame to the family name 
The return of the prodigal daughter 
Singing, Oh Cotton-eyed Joe  

Went to see the doctor and I almost died 
When he told my mama, Lordy how she cried 
Me and my daddy were never too close 
But he was there when I needed him most  

Look here comes a prodigal son 
Fetch him a tall drink of water 
But there's none in the cup because he drank it all up 
Left for the prodigal daughter 
Singing, Oh Cotton-eyed Joe  

Had not've been for the Cotton-eyed Joe 
I'd have been married a long time ago 
Out in the cornfield I stubbed my toe 
I called out for the doctor Cotton-eyed Joe