Thursday, August 29, 2013

ATF: Fiddlin' Around

This weekly series will include as many of my all-time favorite tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way that your musical tastes can be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions that you might dare to make.  I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.



The Gael
Trevor Jones & Randy Edelman
***Instrumental***



Cherokee Fiddle
Johnny Lee
When the train
Pulled in to the station
Rolled up his sleeves
Rosins up his bow
Fiddle upside down
Orange Blossom Special
'Cause
If you want to make a livin’
You got to put on a good show

When he'd smell
The smoke and the cinders
Slick back his hair
Opened up his case
Play Cherokee Fiddle
He'd play it for the whiskey
'Cause good whiskey
Never let him lose his place

He was always there
Playin’ for the miners
Devil's Dream
Was a song they understood
Then he'd go back
To Oklahoma
And he'd wait
‘Til the trains were a-runnin’
And the weather was good

When he'd smell
The smoke and the cinders
He’d slick back his hair
Open up his case
Play Cherokee Fiddle
He'd play it for the whiskey
'Cause good whiskey
Never let him lose his place

Now the Indians
Are dressin’ up like cowboys
And the cowboys
Are puttin’ leather and turquoise on
And the music
Is sold by lawyers
And the fools who fiddled in the middle of the station are gone

Some folks say
They ain't never gonna miss him
Old Fiddle squealed
Like the engines brakes
Cherokee Fiddle
He’s gone forever
Just like the music of the whistle
That the old locomotives made

So when you smell
The smoke and the cinders
Just slick back your hair
Open up your case
Play Cherokee Fiddle
Just play it for the whiskey
'Cause good whiskey
Will never let you lose your place
No
Good whiskey
Will never let you lose your place

No
Good whiskey
Will never let you lose your place

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4 comments:

  1. I liked Urban cowboy. Been a lot of years since that one came out. I'm feeling old

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  2. What a great movie "The Last of the Mohicans" was/is! But then, anything with Daniel Day-Lewis in it is guaranteed to be good. He is one of my favourite actors...Day-Lewis is brilliant! I never miss a movie of his.

    I'd love to see "Urban Cowboy" again, too. I enjoyed that movie; it's a long time since I've seen it. I love that country-western dancing...the two-step, isn't it? Good video clip! Started my morning off on the right step...or was that my left?

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  3. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! Oh my, Debra Winger was so HOT...

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  4. Thanks for stopping by, my dear Lee!!! Yeah, and Madeline Stowe ain't half bad lookin', too!

    It all depends upon if you are pushing or pulling when it comes to the two-step. For the pusher will start off with their left foot. So, the puller needs to start off with their right foot or the fight will start fairly early. I suppose it could be the other way around, of course. For I have never consulted the official Texas Two-Step Rule Book.

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