I'm a very merry Fiddler, as you can plainly see!
I'm a very merry Fiddler! Twee-twee-tweedle-dee!
I play me fiddle ev'ry day, and I'm as happy as can be,
'Cuz a Fiddler's life is a jolly life! A Fiddler's life for me!
Now, one day, it was rainin', and it was stormy all around,
And raindrop after raindrop was fallin' on the ground.
But me, I was home in me Cabin, playin' on me fiddle.
I don't let no rainstorm bother me, not even just a little!
'Cuz I'm a very merry Fiddler, as you can plainly see!
I'm a very merry Fiddler! Twee-twee-deedle-dee!
T'ain't nuffin' I wants more'n life than simple harmony,
'Cuz a Fiddler's life is a fabulous life! A Fiddler's life for me!
Now whilst I was busy fiddlin', a knock came at me door,
And there stood a rustic traveler who looked like he'd gone to war.
He listened t' me music, and he was ancient for a youth ---
And then he somehow noticed that there was a hole in me Cabin roof!
When he told me 'bout that hole, I said, "Now don't you try to grumble!"
But I guess he just didn't listen, so I was forced to mumble:
"Now yer bein' really silly, so's ya need to leave my house!
I'm far too busy fiddlin' to worry about things like that, you silly louse!"
I'm a very merry Fiddler, as you can plainly see!
I'm a very merry Fiddler! Twee-twee-deedle-dee!
There's nuthin' like a good fiddle hoedown (especially when it's played by me),
'Cuz a Fiddler's life is a ticklish life! A Fiddler's life for me!
So I chased that durn fool out o' me house and halfway down the road.
Then I sat back down in my comfy chair and lightened down me load.
And as I played me fiddle again, makin' me music willy-nilly,
I said t' meself: "Sometimes, some folks can be very, very silly!"
I'm a very merry Fiddler, as you can plainly see!
I'm a very merry Fiddler! Twee-twee-deedle-dee!
Yer always welcome here in me Cabin, 'cuz admission's always free!
Yep, a Fiddler's life is a happy life! A Fiddler's life for me!
A Fiddler's life for me!
A Fiddler's life for me!
("Shave-and-a-haircut: Two bits!")