Uncle Pen

Source Recording Artist: Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys

Album: Single (Uncle Pen) (1950)

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Song Details

Title: Uncle Pen

Songwriter(s):

Bill Monroe

First Release: Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys (1950)

Themes: Death and Mourning

Source Recording Details

Key: A

Time Signature: Boom-Chuck

Tempo (BPM): 111

Track Length: 2:43

Musicians:

Lead Singer:

Other Singer:

Other Singer:

Guitar:

Mandolin:

Banjo:

Fiddle:

Bass:

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Uncle Pen

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Oh the people would come from far away
 
They’d dance all night till the break of day
 
When the caller hollered do-se-do
5 1
You knew Uncle Pen was ready to go
 

4 1
Late in the evening about sundown
 
High on the hill and above the town
 
Uncle Pen played the fiddle lord how it would ring
5 1
You could hear it talk you could hear it sing
 

He played an old piece he called Soldier’s Joy
And the one called The Boston Boy
The greatest of all was Jenny Lynn
To me that’s where the fiddlin’ begins

I’ll never forget that mournful day
When Uncle Pen was called away
They hung up his fiddle they hung up his bow
They knew it was time for him to go

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