Blind Fiddler by Empty Hats

Here we have Empty Hats with their version of the song Blind Fiddler - an all together more upbeat and positive version lyrically than traditionally known. This versionis set in England rather than in America. I'd like to think that our Coleorton Blind Fiddler, as portayed in Wilkie's painting, felt as positive about his role as the Blind Fiddler in this exhilarating version by Empty Hats - its probably time to dance!

Blind Fiddler by Empty Hats

You know I lost my eyes in a blacksmith shop
in the year of forty eight
so I picked up a fiddle and I began to play
I am not sad and lonely, content am I to roam
'cause I am a blind fiddler and the world it is my home

well I went down to london
and I played for the king
I've learned that I am happiest when I can play and sing
I am not sad and lonely content am I to roam
'cause I am a blind fiddler and the world it is my home

I have no wife or children
no one depends on me
I've seen my share of sorrows, but I am truely free
I am not sad and lonely, content am I to roam
'cause I am a blind fiddler and the world it is my home

You know I lost my eyes in a blacksmith shop
in the year of forty eight
so I picked up a fiddle and I began to play
I am not sad and lonely, content am I to roam
'cause I am a blind fiddler and the world it is my home

The frame of The Blind Fiddler by David Wilkie in Coleorton Hall Farm Kitchen 1806

Cultural Forager Paul Conneally curates 'The Blind Fiddler - Home Entertainment 1806 to 2012' an exhibition from January 2012 at Snibston Discovery Museum. The exhibition's starting point is the painting The Blind Fiddler by David Wilkie 1806 painted in Coleorton Hall Farm Kitchen North West Leicestershire.