The Tragically Hip - Fiddler's Green

One of my all time favorites from the Hip. An old classic from their Road Apples CD. Like most of their music some pretty deep lyrics. Fiddler's green is where sailors go when they die. On the surface the song is about a sailor dieing, but i think Gord Downie uses it as a metaphor about someones child dying with a heart condition "His tiny knotted heart, well I guess it never worked too good, the timber tore apart and the water gorged the wood." It's a sad song.

Lyrics: September Seventeen
For a girl I know it's Mother's Day
Here son has gone alee
And that's where he will stay
Wind on the weathervane
Tearing blue eyes sailor-mean
As Falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain
For a boy in Fiddler's Green

His tiny knotted heart
Well, I guess it never worked too good
The timber tore apart
And the water gorged the wood
You can hear her whispered prayer
For men at masts that always lean
That the same wind that moves her hair
Moves a boy through Fiddler's Green

He doesn't know a soul
And there's nowhere that he's really been
But he won't travel long alone
No, not in Fiddler's Green
Balloons all filled with rain
As children's eyes turn sleepy-mean
And Falstaff sings a sorrowful refrain
For a boy in Fiddler's Green

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[lolzbanana]

The song is about gordies sisters son. Who died at a very young age. They didn't play it in concert for a long time because of the emotional aspect. However they have since played it live regularly, as they feel it may help others cope with the loss of a loved one.

Furthermore, the most notable live performance of the song would be January of last year, when they played it after the earthquake that devastated Haiti.

Nice cover

[1Fuzz1]

@lolzbanana One of my favorites - Thanks.

[Jol2DaN05]

Best cover I've heard. 10/10

[1Fuzz1]

@Jol2DaN05 Thanks !

[musicalkayla16]

im happy that i had thr privelege of listening to this. very emotional, very well done.

[1Fuzz1]

@musicalkayla16 Thanks for the nice comment.

[kipoliviasten]

I love this song so much! This is by far my favourite cover of it on youtube :)

Great job, it sounded awesome.

[bigbigmike1]

thanks for doing this song i have been watching you playing it over and over trying to learn it

i wish you could do a close up and walk throgh on how to play it being there is not one out there at all

thanks agin

mike

[1Fuzz1]

@masterofnotmuch2 Thanks

[1Fuzz1]

@tiegsey Thanks man

[1Fuzz1]

@rosshamm2006 Thanks!

[1Fuzz1]

@bce010 Thanks man.

[rosshamm2006]

Very good job man. Excellent tune from a great CANADIAN BAND! One of my favorites.