| Oh, the people would come from far and away
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| They’d dance all night 'till the break of day
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| When the caller would holler «Do-si-do,»
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| You knew Uncle Pen was ready to go
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| Late in the evening about sun down
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| High on the hill and above the town
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| Uncle Pen played the fiddle, lord a how it’d ring
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| You could hear it talk, you could hear it sing
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| Oh, he played an old piece he called Soldier’s Joy
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| And he had one he called Boston Boy
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| The greatest of all was Ginny Lyn
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| To me that’s where the fiddlin begin
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| Oh, I’ll never forget that mournful day
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| When Uncle Pen was called away
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| They hung up his fiddle, they hung up his bow
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| You knew it was time for him to go |