Uncle Jeff

Arlo Guthrie

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Uncle Jeff by Arlo Guthrie LP: Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys YouYubr:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmwoI_CrSrY Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises (c) 1973 Howard Beach Music Lyrics and Music by Arlo Guthrie Standard Yuning Key: G [Intro] [Verse 1] Uncle Jeff played the fiddle in his Colorado home And I backed him on the banjo so he didn’t play alone We’ve got five generations of a fiddle playin’ clan And it’s nice to hear a fiddle by a fiddle playin’ man [Chorus] Here’s another song for Uncle Jeff Guthrie Written on the road by the light of the moon Somewhere up in Michigan thinkin’ ’bout fiddlin’ I hope that I can make it back to Colorado soon [Verse 2] Well my daddy had a fiddle and he laid it on his son Sayin’ "Son play the fiddle like your fiddlin’ folks done" Well it’s hard to Iearn to fiddle When you’re fiddlin’ on the run But fiddlin’ is fiddlin’ and fiddlin’ is fun [Chorus] Here’s another song for Uncle Jeff Guthrie Written on the road by the light of the moon Thinkin’ ’bout fiddlin’ somewhere up in Michigan I hope that I can make it back to Colorado soon [Verse 3] Well my daddy had a fiddle and he laid it on his son Sayin’ "Son play the fiddle like your fiddlin’ folks done" Well it’s hard to Iearn to fiddle When you’re fiddlin’ on the run But fiddlin’ is fiddlin’ and fiddlin’ is fun [Chorus] Here’s another song for Uncle Jeff Guthrie Written on the road by the light of the moon Thinkin’ ’bout fiddlin’ somewhere up in Michigan I hope that I can make it back to Colorado soon [Outro]

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La chanson évoque une histoire familiale autour de la musique, mettant en avant un oncle qui jouait du violon dans le Colorado, accompagné par son neveu au banjo. Ce dernier se remémore des souvenirs de jeu et de transmission musicale, soulignant l’héritage qui se transmet de génération en génération. Il raconte ses réflexions lors de ses voyages, où il pense à son oncle et à la joie de jouer de la musique en famille, tout en exprimant son souhait de retourner rapidement dans leur terre natale. Le cadre de cette mélodie est empreint de nostalgie et de connexion avec ses racines, évoquant la beauté de la musique traditionnelle et l’importance des liens familiaux.