Fiddelfranz of Germania Settlement

DESCRIPTION: "There was once a fiddler, he played for the dance The most wonderful melodies, The village called him Fiddelfranz." All the locals loved him. When he dies, they bury him with his fiddle in his arms and surrounded by flowers
AUTHOR: Words: Willian Benignus / Music: Edward Herrmann (source: Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania)
EARLIEST DATE: 1927 (Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania)
KEYWORDS: music death flowers fiddle
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania, p 45, "Fiddlefranz of Germania Settlement, Potter County, Pa." (1 text)
Roud #38089
NOTES [25 words]: Patently not traditional, so I haven't listed a "found in" location. t truly have no idea why Shoemaker-MountainMinstrelsyOfPennsylvania included this.
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