a nickel for the fiddler

well

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 21st of june

and it's country music in the park and everybody's ruined

well

it's fountains full of dogs and kids

and it's freaky apple pie

and it's the ones that's come to play and the ones just passin' by

and it's coats of many colors and it almost makes me cry

lord

it's ice cream on a stick and it's somethin' you can't buy

well

it's a fiddler from kentucky who swears he's 83

and he's fiddled every contest from here to cripple creek

and it's old ones and it's young ones and it's plain they have agreed

that it's country music in the park as far as they can see

well

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 21st of june

and it's country music in the park and everybody's ruined