A Nickel for the Fiddler

[Chorus]
It's a nickel for the fiddler
It's a nickel for his tune
It's a nickel for the tambourine kind of afternoon
And it's a high holiday on the twenty-first of June
And it's country music in the park
And everybody's ruined

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 1]
It's fountains full of dogs and kids
And it's streaky apple pie
It's the ones who came to play
And the ones just passin' by

[Verse 2]
It's coats of many colors
And it almost makes me cry
It's ice cream on a stick
And it's somethin' you can’t buy

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
It's a fiddler from Kentucky
Who swears he's eighty three
And he's fiddled every contest
From here to Cripple Creek

[Verse 4]
It's old ones and it's young ones
And it's plain they have agreed
And it's country music in the park
As far as they can see

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
It's a nickel for the fiddler
It's a nickel for his tune
It's a nickel for the tambourine kind of afternoon
And it's a high holiday on the twenty-first of June
And it's country music in the park
And everybody's ruined