WHEN THE TRAIN

PULLED IN TO

THE STA TION

HE ROLLED UP

HIS SLEEVES

AND ROS INED UP

HIS BOW

FID DLE UP SIDE DOWN

ORANGE BLOS SOM

SPE CIAL

'CAUSE IF YOU

WAN NA MAKE A LI VIN'

YOU GOT TA PUT ON

A GOOD SHOW

WHEN HE'D SMELL

SMOKE AND THE CIN DERS

SLICK BACK HIS HAIR

AND O PEN UP HIS CASE

PLAYED

CHE RO KEE FI DDLE

JUST PLAYED

FOR THE WHIS KEY

'CAUSE GOOD WHIS KEY

NE VER LET HIM

LOSE HIS PLACE

HE WAS AL WAYS THERE

PLA YIN' FOR THE MI NERS

DE VIL'S DREAM

WAS A SONG

THEY UN DER STOOD

THEN HE'D GO BACK

TO OK LA HO MA

AND HE'D WAIT

TILL THE TRAIN

WAS RUN NIN'

AND THE WEA THER

WAS GOOD

BUT WHEN HE'D SMELL

SMOKE AND THE CIN DERS

HE'D SLICK BACK

HIS HAIR

AND O PEN UP HIS CASE

PLAYED

CHE RO KEE FID DLE

JUST PLAYED

FOR THE WHIS KEY

'CAUSE GOOD WHIS KEY

NE VER LET HIM

LOSE HIS PLACE

NOW THE IN DIANS

ARE DRES SIN' UP

LIKE COW BOYS

AND THE COW BOYS

ARE PUT TIN'

LEA THER AND

TUR QUOISE ON

AND THE MU SIC

IS SOLD BY LAW YERS

AND THE FOOLS

WHO FID DLED

IN THE MID DLE

OF THE STA TION

ARE GONE

SOME FOLKS SAY

THEY'LL NE VER MISS HIM

OLD FID DLES SQUEAL

LIKE THE EN GINE BRAKES

CHE RO KEE FID DLE

IS GONE FOR EV ER

JUST LIKE THE MU SIC

OF THE WHIS TLE

THAT THE OLD

LO CO MO TIVE MADE

SO WHEN YOU SMELL

SMOKE AND THE CINDERS

JUST SLICK BACK

YOUR HAIR

AND O PEN UP

YOUR CASE

PLAY

CHE RO KEE FID DLE

JUST PLAY IT

FOR THE WHIS KEY

'CAUSE GOOD WHIS KEY

NE VER LETS YOU

LOSE YOUR PLACE

NO GOOD WHISKEY

NEVER LETS YOU

LOSE YOUR PLACE

NO GOOD WHIS KEY

NE VER LETS YOU

LOSE YOUR PLACE