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Do old fiddlers just die, or fade away?

07 Aug 04 - 07:07 PM (#1242081)
Subject: Obit: Do old fiddlers just die, or fade away?
From: rick-APX4a

Comment "As many a good tune played on an old fiddle(ER)"
OR "There's many a good fiddle(ER) played on an old tune"


07 Aug 04 - 09:08 PM (#1242135)
Subject: RE: Obit: Do old fiddlers just die, or fade away?
From: The Fooles Troupe

... no they just keep fiddling away....


08 Aug 04 - 02:17 PM (#1242633)
Subject: RE: Obit: Do old fiddlers just die, or fade away?
From: erinmaidin

Sometimes they merely go flat


08 Aug 04 - 05:22 PM (#1242733)
Subject: RE: Obit: Do old fiddlers just die, or fade away?
From: Stewart

Or their pegs come loose


09 Aug 04 - 08:08 AM (#1243093)
Subject: RE: Obit: Do old fiddlers just die, or fade away?
From: The Fooles Troupe

If their pegs come loose, do their drawers fall down?


09 Aug 04 - 08:24 AM (#1243102)
Subject: RE: Obit: Do old fiddlers just die, or fade away?
From: Dave Hanson

No, they just smell that way.

eric


10 Aug 04 - 02:26 AM (#1243811)
Subject: RE: Do old fiddlers just die, or fade away?
From: The Fooles Troupe

... or sound that way...


10 Aug 04 - 11:53 AM (#1244142)
Subject: RE: Do old fiddlers just die, or fade away?
From: Dave Bryant

I thought that most of them just string along for a while until they finally bow out.


10 Aug 04 - 11:55 AM (#1244144)
Subject: RE: Do old fiddlers just die, or fade away?
From: el ted

Neither. They join the Harri Watts band and wear beige cardigans.


10 Aug 04 - 12:06 PM (#1244157)
Subject: RE: Do old fiddlers just die, or fade away?
From: Sttaw Legend

Hand knitted traditional cardigans by Mum.


10 Aug 04 - 12:20 PM (#1244173)
Subject: RE: Do old fiddlers just die, or fade away?
From: GUEST,Scouse

My poor old mate is drinking himself away. Mick Ryan when I first met him was such a grat fiddler but alas the gargle got to him. it's such a cryin' F**king shame.