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