Listen and I'll tell you a tale about a man

Lived long ago in a magical land

Made himself a fiddle with a bow just right

Played all morning and he played all night

They sing and they fiddled

And they danced every tune

Hey diddle diddle

To the cow in the moon

One pm till an hour past noon

From the day after May to just before June

One sad day when the man was gone

Along came a liar with a lying song

Said come along with me to a sweet sweet land

The fiddle said yes and away they ran

When they got to the house of the liar

They found their host with a burning desire

He dragged them down in the flame and the fire

What a hot time in the house of the liar

When the man came back

And he found them gone

He went looking for the liar

With the lying song

Swapped all he had for the fiddle and bow

Tucked them in his arms

And he took them on home

They sang and they fiddled

And they danced every tune

Hey diddle diddle

To the cow in the moon

One pm till an hour past noon

From the day after May to just before June

That's all there is to the tale of the man

Lived long ago in a magical land

The fiddle and the bow that were twice his own

He made them and he bought them

And he took them on home

The fiddle and the bow that were twice his own

He made them and he bought them

And he took them on home

He made them and he bought them

And he took them on home

He made them and he bought them

And he took them on home