Fiddlestick Joe Lyrics

Eighteen, nineteen, twenty years ago
There was a man called Fiddlestick Joe
Blew into town on a travelin' show
Showed us the dance he called the Fiddlestick Joe
Fiddlestick Joe, Fiddlestick Joe
Down from the mountain to the valley below
Fiddlestick Joe, Fiddlestick Joe
Dancin' and a Fiddlestickin' everywhere you go
I gotta shovel, my wife's got a hoe
If that ain't farmin' buddy I don't know

Chicken in the bread pan pickin' out dough
Granny does your dog bite? No child no
Cornstalk fiddle and a shoestring bow
Wouldn't play nothin' but Fiddlestick Joe
Play it all fast or play it all slow
But don't play nothin' but Fiddlestick Joe
I went out west to Idaho
To see if people there play the Fiddlestick Joe
I went out east to Tokyo
People everywhere play the Fiddlestick Joe