Well, get your Mama, get your Papa,
Get your sister, get your brother,
Aunt Lucy'sa gonna show Uncle John,
How to do the boogie-woogie,
While the kissin' cousins dosie-do,
Until the break of dawn

Y'all come with one another,
Just to do a little pickin',
Everybody now gather round
The camp fire's burnin'
An' tonight my heart is yearnin',
For the sight of that old camp ground

And that high lonesome sound,
When that evenin' sun goes down
We're gonna dance right off the ground,
When I hear the fiddle play that high lonesome sound

Yeah, come on over, baby,
Now, I'm sure we're gonna have some fun,
Enjoyin' the country view
Toe-tappin' syncopated,
Music playin' loud,
An' the girls are lookin' mighty pretty too

Look at ol' Grand Pappy,
He's feelin' kinda snappy,
It seems like he just don't care
He's over 93,
He's as spry as you or me,
Just dancin' to the music in the air

It's that high lonesome sound,
When that evenin' sun goes down
I'm gonna dance right off the ground,
When I hear the fiddle play that high lonesome sound

Instrumental break

Yeah, well yonder comes a mandolin
And the banjo's right in tune
Yeah, the bull thud is slappin' leather
I'm howlin' at the moon

Hey, Mr Fiddle Man, play us all a little jam
Yeah, that's the wing on rose sample,
Give us a hint that they're ridin' on the back of a mule

It's that high lonesome sound,
When that evenin' sun goes down
I'm gonna dance right off the ground,
When I hear the fiddle play that high lonesome sound

When I hear the fiddle play that high lonesome sound