my grandpa was a fiddler
who even made a fiddle once
supposedly like …
… a Stradivarius
but he never finished it ~
~ why
I don’t know
grandpa played the fiddle
by ear … he’d start singing
the lyrics
then follow
with the bow
across the strings
you’d hear
the words to the song
“Old Shep” ~
“When I was a lad
And old Shep was a pup
Over hills and meadows
we’d stray
Just a boy and his dog
We were both full of fun
We grew up together that way”
and that’s how it was
as a lad … growing up listenin’
to his grandpa
just a fiddler and his grandson
Image & Words by ~Keith Alan Hamilton~