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

Fiddlestick Joe, Fiddlestick Joe
Down from the mountain to the valley below
Fiddlestick Joe, Fiddlestick Joe
Dancin' and a Fiddlestickin' everywhere you go

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
Fiddlestick Joe, Fiddlestick Joe
Down from the mountain to the valley below
Fiddlestick Joe, Fiddlestick Joe
Dancin' and a Fiddlestickin’ everywhere you go
Dancin' and a Fiddlestickin' everywhere you go
Dancin' and a Fiddlestickin’ everywhere you go