I know a one about a fiddle that becomes a tree:


A WARNING TO FIDDLERS - Anon. but not Traditional

The fiddler was out, out upon his rounds,
getting all the bonny lassies dancing up and down,
and when he was a-fiddling he would kiss them on the crown,
All among the leaves so green-o...

Jenny lass! Master? Dance you well?
Very well! Hey down, ho, down, derry derry down

Among the leaves so green-o etc.

He'd dance them dizzy and he'd dance them gay,
he'd dance them in and out of bed then set upon his way,
And leave them all lamenting such a woeful dancing day
All among the leaves so green-o...

So the lassies loved each other 'til the morning sun it shone,
Then they made a potion and they chanted words unknown,
Then they sent a hedgehog for to track the fiddler down
All among the leaves so green-o...

Says the hedgehog to the fiddler, your fiddle needs a clean,
I've got the very ointment here to give it shine and sheen,
And when they see your fiddle in each eye will be a gleam,
All among the leaves so green-o...

The fiddler took the polish, and he busied with his cloth,
And resting by the wayside, his he did fiddle doth,
But when he tried to lift it, it was rooted fast in troth,
All among the leaves so green-o...

The more he pulled so the faster it stuck,
His bonny little fiddle it was rooted in the muck,
Then it grew a leafy branch that punched him in the - gut.
All among the leaves so green-o...

And to the fiddle-tree came every bonny bird in song
And the bonny lasses made a ring and danced it round and round,
And now that poor fiddler has to diddle all alone,
All among the leaves so green-o...

So come all you saucy fiddlers and mind out what you're at
Never kiss a lassie without giving something back,
For the cunning of a lassie takes the wood right out of your pack,
All among the leaves so green-o...