The Arkansas Traveler lyrics Lyrics

song lyrics The Arkansas Traveler lyrics Oh, once upon a time in Arkansas, An old man sat in his little cabin door And fiddled at a tune that he liked to hear, A jolly old tune that he played by ear. It was raining hard, but the fiddler didn t care, He sawed away at the popular air, Tho his rooftree leaked like a waterfall, That didn t seem to bother the man at all. A traveler was riding by that day, And stopped to hear him a-practicing away; The cabin was a-float and his feet were wet, But still the old man didn t seem to fret. So the stranger said "Now the way it seems to me," You d better mend your roof," said he. But the old man said as he played away, "I couldn t mend it now, it s a rainy day." The traveler replied, "That s all quite true, But this, I think, is the thing to do; Get busy on a day that is fair and bright, Then patch the old roof till it s good and tight." But the old man kept on a-playing at his reel, And tapped the ground with his leathery heel. "Get along," said he, "for you give me a pain; My cabin never leaks when it doesn t rain." song lyrics