Young Folks, Old Folks by Pappy Fiddle

This represents a milestone for me - being able to sing something and accompany myself on the fiddle.

Since I shot this with a crummy little camera it's best to listen to it on crummy little speakers. It'll still be kind of hard to catch the words tho; if you want them, see the first comments where I've posted them

Category:

Music

Tags:

• viola
• pappy
• fiddle
• Mormon
• Bible

[pappyfiddle]

1. God fashioned Adam from a big mud pie,

And set him up along the fence to let the feller dry.

Then came the Serpent, a-knockin at the door

And Eve et the apple and Adam got the core!

Chorus:

Young folks, old folks, everybody come

Join the Mormon* Sunday School, and have yourself some fun

Kindly leave your chewing gum and raisins at the door

And you'll hear some Bible stories like you've never heard before.

[pappyfiddle]

2. Methuselah was famous, for he refused to die

"When ya gonna croak?" he answered, Maybe bye and bye.

His beard got so long that you couldn't see his head

At night he tucked it in a sack and used it for a bed!

[pappyfiddle]

3. Noah called the animals, they boarded two by two

The hippocatapotamus, the kangarhinoroo.

He tried to entertain himself by fishin out the stern

But didn't have much luck, he only had two worms!

[pappyfiddle]

4. Joseph had a coat of many colors that he wore

His brothers hadn't any, and it made 'em kinda sore

They took him out a-walking and they shoved him in the sewer

And flushed him down to Egypt for a little tour!

[pappyfiddle]

5. Pharaoh had a daughter who was walking by the Nile

And found the baby Moses playing with a crocodile

She took him to her father, said, "I found him on the shore."

He shook his head and said, "I've heard that one before!"

[MormonShare]

Loved this! My Grandpa used to sing this all the time--I think I may have my Seminary class learn it

[wildcat139]

Hint; Put the word "pappyfiddle" on as the first or second words on your TAGS:

[pappyfiddle]

*Substitute your favorite church here. This is how I first heard it, sez Woody.

[pappyfiddle]

6. Elijah was a prophet and he worked the County Fairs

He advertised his act with a pair of dancing bears

He held a sale of prophecies most every afternoon

And he went up every evening in a gaudy silk balloon!

[pappyfiddle]

7. Sampson was the strongest man that ever pumped iron

Slew a thousand Phillistones and even tamed a lion

His fondness for Delilah left him weak as a mouse

It seems he lost the vision - but he brought down the house!