My Father’s Fiddle

Lyrics

Country music was the backbone of his life Any song, you choose it, he'd play anything you like Most every evening, you could find me by his side Where I'd lend a third part harmony to "mom and dad duets" Until lullabies hung from my eyes and I wandered off to bed And I can see my mother in this country home I got a sister and two brothers all my own And believe me, family unity was ever so strong When I heard my father's fiddle play Some good ol' country songs (When my father's fiddle played) Some good ol' country songs (When my father's fiddle played) Country neighbors, they say that he's the best around He played their favorites at every Friday night hoedown And late in the evening with the neighbors homeward bound His closings were as customary as turning out the lights A quarter for my pocket, a love song for his wife And I can see my mother in this country home I got a sister and two brothers all my own And believe me, family unity was ever so strong When I heard my father's fiddle play Some good ol' country songs (When my father's fiddle played) Some of those good ol' country songs (When my father's fiddle played) Ah, but where, oh, where has the time gone? It's been years since my ears have been played upon I heard the fiddler lost his tune in some barroom And his family to another town It must be lonesome wishin' all you've lost could somehow find you now And I can see my mother, she lives all alone I got a sister and two brothers but they're all grown And believe me, family unity was ever so strong When I heard my father's fiddle play Some good ol' country songs (When my father's fiddle played) Some good ol' country songs (When my father's fiddle played) Some good ol' country songs (When my father's fiddle played) Some of those good ol' country songs (When my father's fiddle played) When I heard him, playing, playing, playing on Some good ol' country songs (When my father's fiddle played) When I heard his fiddle play, hey, hey (When my father's fiddle played) That fiddle when he'd play, some good ol' country songs (When my father's fiddle played) Oh, some country songs (When my father's fiddle played) How I just love those good ol' country songs (When my father's fiddle played) (When my father's fiddle played)