YOU SAID:
IF HADN'T BEEN FOR COTTON-EYED JOE
INTO JAPANESE
COTTON-EYED JOEでない場合
BACK INTO ENGLISH
When it is not COTTON-EYED JOE
INTO JAPANESE
COTTON-EYED JOEでないとき
BACK INTO ENGLISH
When it is not COTTON-EYED JOE
That didn't even make that much sense in English.