Professor G. C. Broadhead gave Belden two versions in 1910. One was the version beginning "I live for the good of my nation." The second, below, Broadhead recalled that he had heard “as long ago as 1839," though he thought it might be the younger of the two.

Broadhead, a former Missouri State Geologist, was born in Albemarle Co., Va., 1827. and died in 1912. The family moved to Missouri i n 1836.


Come, fellows, and pledge me a bumper
And drink me one toast ere we go;
Fill high, let the wine cup now sparkle,
And drink to old Rosin the Bow.

Chorus:
And drink to old Rosin the Bow,
And drink to old Rosin the Bow,
Fill high, let the wine cup now sparkle,
And drink to old Rosin the Bow.

A fiddler he was of renown,
Who traveled through sunshine and snow;
And slowly and dull went the town
When absent old Rosin the Bow.

Soft eyes, soft speeches and glances
Belong to a lover, you know,
But nothing its pleasure enhances
Like the notes of old Rosin the Bow,
    Like the notes of old Rosin the Bow.