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Fiddler on the Moon

from Tails from the Boneyard by Shipwreck Rats

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Well my grandpa was an honest man, I never heard him lie
But a tale he'd often tell with a twinkle in his eye
Fill him up with whiskey and then very soon
He'd tell you the tale of the fiddler on the moon

When the night was young and the fire was high
The sweet old tune came down from the sky
Love pierced our hearts like a silver harpoon
And we danced all night to the fiddler on the moon
We danced all night to the fiddler on the moon

Well I said to my grandpa 'There are things that cannot be
There's no fiddler on the moon, there's no merry band to see
He said 'Hush my boy, what I'm telling you is true
I've swung to the jigs of the fiddler on the moon'

When the night was young and the fire was high
The sweet old tune came down from the sky
Love pierced our hearts like a silver harpoon
And we danced all night to the fiddler on the moon
We danced all night to the fiddler on the moon

Well I called him oft a fool but he only shook his head
As he cherished his tabacky of a very special blend
He said 'On my soul, oh I swear upon my tomb
I've clicked my heels to the fiddler on the moon'

When the night was young and the fire was high
The sweet old tune came down from the sky
Love pierced our hearts like a silver harpoon
And we danced all night to the fiddler on the moon
We danced all night to the fiddler on the moon

Well it's been many a year since his merry days gone by
But a tale I still tell with a twinkle in my eye
True to his word I'd been hearing it soon
In the spring of the year when the wild mushrooms bloom

When the night was young and the fire was high
The sweet old tune came down from the sky
Love pierced our hearts like a silver harpoon
And we danced all night to the fiddler on the moon
We danced all night to the fiddler on the moon

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from Tails from the Boneyard, released September 2, 2018

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Shipwreck Rats Berlin, Germany

Shipwreck Rats is a pirate speed folk band based in Berlin. We play fast and evil music from Scotland, Ireland, North America and all the other places we’ve plundered in our time. We have a lot of songs about current themes like whaling and trouserlessness. Anyone refusing to dance at our gigs will be made to walk the plank! ... more

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