歌曲名 Papa's Old Fiddle

歌手名 Sheb Wooley

作词：Sheb Wooley

作曲：Sheb Wooley

Papa brought his fiddle to the new frontier

And many a night it brought us cheer

When he'd play for us

My papa had an old homemade fiddle

Whittled out of a piece of pinewood

Lord knows it didn't look like much

But it sounded mighty good

And when the chores were done

After supper papa'd take that old fiddle down

He'd sit there in an old cane bottom chair

And all of us kids would gather round

Though the times were hard on the frontier

Papa never made a fuss

And somehow the world seemed to be a little

Bit brighter when he'd play for us

I could always tell just about how he felt

He'd sit there and close his eyes

And that old fiddle would almost talk sometime

I'd swear it's gonna cry

Then there was the time when mama took

Sick the joy in our home was gone

One night she called papa close to her bed

And I heard her say papa play me a song

I saw the tears roll down his cheek

He turned toward the wall

He took that old fiddle under his chin

He stood there straight and tall

Now the years have gone by

And thoughts of hard times

Have almost faded away

But the memory of papa's old fiddle

Well I think that'll always stay

Sometimes I can almost hear it

At the close of a day

And I remember just how much it meant

To me when my papa used to play