# he'd been cursed to roam He came to town back before the war He didn't even know that it was he was looking for He carried a tattered bag for his violin It was full of songs from places he had been He talked real easy, had a smilin' way He could pass it on to you while his fiddle played He was makin' people drop their cares and woes They'd hum out loud to tunes that his fiddled bowed The people there began to join that sound Everyone in town was laughin', singin', dancin' round Like the fid (chordiearchive.chordie.com)