When the fiddlin' man came to our town
Sister dressed up in her prettiest gown
Momma told sister don't be hanging around
That no good fiddlin' man

Cause a fiddlin' man, he ain't on the level
He'll fiddle like an angel, act like a devil
Sister wouldn't listen, she was a rebel
She like that fiddlin' man

She went to the dance, stayed all night long
Momma waited up 'til the break of dawn
Momma found a letter and said she's gone
Off with that fiddlin' man

Sister ran off with a fiddlin' man
Momma threw a fit bangin' pots and pans
Said she'd better never, ever get her hands
On that no good fiddlin' man

So I bought me a fiddle and I got me a bow
Practiced in the woods where Momma wouldn't know
Knew she'd never, ever let me go
Off to be a fiddlin' man

And the leaves and the wind would dance and twirl
As I played for the rabbits and played for the squirrels
Couldn't wait 'til I played for the girls
Had to be a fiddlin' man

And late one night when the moon was low
I packed my fiddle and I packed my bow
Momma found a note and said "Oh, no"
He's gone to be a fiddlin' man

And I ran off to be a fiddlin' man
Momma threw a fit bangin' pots and pans
Said she'd better never, ever get her hands
On that no good fiddlin' man

Well then one night when I started to play
I saw a pretty gal looking my way
She was dancing with her brother
And I heard her say "I like that fiddlin' man"

Now her little brother was about knee high
Looked at the fiddle with a gleam in his eye
Said to me "sir, I'd sure like to try
To learn to be a fiddling man"

I said "son, there's a whole lot a boy's gotta know
Like chicken in the brier patch squawking at the crow"
He said "I don't care, I just got to go
Off to be a fiddlin' man"

So I had an old fiddle that I never did play
Sister winked when I gave it away
Ain't no doubt what momma's gonna say
"That no good fiddlin' man"

And brother ran off with a fiddlin' man
Momma threw a fit bangin' pots and pans
Said she'd better never, ever get her hands
On that no good fiddlin' man

And his sister ran off with a fiddlin' man
Momma threw a fit bangin' pots and pans
Said she'd better never, ever get her hands
On that no good fiddlin' man