A fiddle on the wall ainât been played at all
in forty years
I tried a time or two was the wrong thing to do
It hurt my ears
Folks said, âPut it back. You canât play like Uncle Jack.
He was the bestâ
Uncle Jackâs gone asunder heâs six feet under
and laid to rest
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Uncle Jack was a fiddle playing man
Playing old time music of this land
We could still hear his unique sound
If Uncle Jack hadnât fiddled around
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Uncle Jack would go to the next fiddle show
and play all night
It wasnât Jackâs winninâ but his eye for the women
would start a fight
Uncle Jack took his place with a grin on his face
He began to play
Then a shot rang out there ainât no doubt
Was his last day
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Well, I declare that old fiddle is still there
Iâd like to play
But I think Iâll go and learn the olâ banjo
for another day
We canât bring back our poor old Uncle Jack
That ainât our call
Life is a riddle with Uncle Jackâs fiddle
on the wall
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