Solved: fiddle and i

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  1. rosie54 said:

    Question Solved: fiddle and i

    My father (born 1904!) and his older sister used to sing/play a song calle dfiddle and that started "By road and river, countryside and town, I roam forever with my fiddle brown". Has anyone hear of this and can they tell me t e whole lyric / tell me where I can obtain sheet music for it?
     
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  3. BlueNileFan said:

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    Alternatively you could have entered this on Google:

    road and river countryside and town I roam forever

    giving this:
    http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstrac...BF668389639EDE

    N.Y. Times
    Queries and Answers
    September 24, 1922, Sunday
    Section: Book Review & Magazine, Page 60, 1501 words

    Fiddle and I
    Words: Frederick E. Weatherly
    Music: Mrs. Arthur Goodeve

    Slight differences between the texts.
    Now you may search archives for sheet music...

    Additional: Complete details from the National Library of Australia (musicaustralia.org):
    http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ma-an5203045

    Score:
    http://nla.gov.au/nla.mus-an5203045
    Last edited by BlueNileFan; 12-19-2009 at 12:39 AM. Reason: correction to Mrs and added details