Cherokee Fiddle Lyrics - Buckaroo Blue Grass - Michael Martin Murphey

When the train pulled in to the station 

He slicked back his hair, rosined up his bow 

Fiddle upside down, Orange Blossom Special 

If you want to make a living then you've got to put on a good show 

When he smelled the smoke and the cinders 

Rolled his sleeves up, opened up his case 

Played Cherokee Fiddle, played for the whiskey 

Good whiskey never let him lose his place 

He was always there playing for the miners 

Devil's Dream was a tune they all understood 

Then he'd go home to Oklahoma 

And wait 'till the trains were runnin' and the weather was good 

When he smelled the smoke and the cinders 

Rolled his sleeves up, opened up his case 

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Played Cherokee Fiddle, played for the whiskey 

Good whiskey never let him lose his place 

Now the Indians are dressin' up like cowboys 

And the cowboys are puttin' leather and turquoise on 

And the music gets sold by the lawyers 

And the fools who fiddled in the middle of the stations are gone 

Some folks say they'll never miss them 

Fiddle screeched like the engine break 

Ol' Cherokee Fiddle gone forever 

Like the sound that the whistle on an old locomotive make 

So when you smell the smoke and the cinders 

Slick your hair back, open up your case 

Play Cherokee Fiddle, play for the whiskey 

Good whiskey never let's you lose your place 

No, good whiskey never let's you lose your place 

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