The fiddler is coming tonight The girls will get a tune The fiddler is coming tonight Tonight, the fiddler is coming The bailiffs are after me The joiners are after me The bailiffs are after me I won't have anyone but the tailor (german) Over rivers, over mountains Over cliffs he leaps Rushing on his winter journey I think only of him Silently the black fiddlers approaches His face white and fierce We all hear, we all believe. When the black fiddler speaks I will go across the river I will come back across the river I will go across the river Visiting the tailor Heard from Calum Cameron, also in Puirt-a-Beal (Mouth Tunes) or Songs for Dancing