Just a Simple Little Tune

Lyrics

The cricket raised his fiddle And he said, Though I am small And I know I'll never be The greatest fiddler of them all I've played it for the river And I've played it for the moon I learned it from the stars It's just a simple little tune Then he raised his shiny bow As black as precious ebony And he flourished it to play A sprightly fiddle diddle dee And he played it high and low And he played it in the middle He playеd a simple tune On his tiny little fiddlе And the nightingale Sang a harmony And she sang so sweet And she sang so free That the meadowlark joined With a tweedle deedle dee 'Til the fireflies danced In the willow tree And lit the dismal night Then the moon rose high In a silvery balloon While the flop-eared hare Danced a jig with the raccoon And the bull moose bellowed Like a cranky old bassoon And he said, What's all the fuss? It's just a simple little tune But Mary smiled And from her troubles unencumbered Dimmed the light Closed her eyes and slumbered