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Redneck Fiddlin’ Man

This version of Redneck Fiddlin’ Man was released by The Charlie Daniels Band in 1977.

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Well, down in Mississippi, there’s a little bitty town
And there ain’t much happens ’til the sun goes down
Then all the people come from miles around
To hear a little four-piece band
There’s a dog house bass and a kid on the drums
And a guitar picker just as hot as they come
Up steps a man with a bow on his thumb and a fiddle in his hand
He tunes up the fiddle and he resins up the bow
And he plays an old tune called “Cotton Eyed Joe”
And they dance all night on a hard wood floor to the redneck fiddlin’ man

Good times go by easy
Good times fly away

One night some boys from town came by
With a bellyfull of liquor and the devil in their eye
And they said, “Old man, you’re way outta style
You don’t play Rock N’ Roll”
Well, he picked up his fiddle with style and ease
And he played a little rock just as pretty as you please
Then he bent down, turned around, knocked them to their knees
When he played a little mountain soul
Then, he tightened up his bow and he made another pass
And he played “Sally Good’N” kinda’ rowdy and fast
Then he played a little blues and he played a little jazz
Just to show them he could do it all

Good times go by easy
Good times fly away

Well, he tuned up the fiddle and he resined up the bow
And he played an old song called “Cotton Eyed Joe”
And they danced all night on a hard wood floor to the redneck fiddlin’ man

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The lyrics for Redneck Fiddlin’ Man are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by The Charlie Daniels Band. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Redneck Fiddlin’ Man have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Redneck Fiddlin’ Man - The Charlie Daniels Band and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Redneck Fiddlin’ Man by The Charlie Daniels Band in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Redneck Fiddlin’ Man" means the words set to the music of Redneck Fiddlin’ Man, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Charlie Daniels Band. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Redneck Fiddlin’ Man and the lyrics to Redneck Fiddlin’ Man are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Charlie Daniels Band who came here looking just for the lyrics to Redneck Fiddlin’ Man, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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