A fiddle on the wall ain't 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, “Put it back. You can't play like Uncle Jack.
He was the bestâ€
Uncle Jack's gone asunder he's 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 hadn't fiddled around
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Uncle Jack would go to the next fiddle show
and play all night
It wasn't Jack's winnin' 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 ain't no doubt
Was his last day
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Well, I declare that old fiddle is still there
I'd like to play
But I think I'll go and learn the ol' banjo
for another day
We can't bring back our poor old Uncle Jack
That ain't our call
Life is a riddle with Uncle Jack's fiddle
on the wall
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