PART VIII.
Reading edition
PART VIII.
OLD DADDY DEERING: THE COUNTRY FIDDLER.
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Like Scotland's harper, Or Irish piper, with his droning lays, Before the spread of modern life and light The country fiddler slowly disappears.
![[Illustration: Leaf following verse in chapter introduction]](/illustrations/b892af7eeecf031e.png)
Reading edition
OLD DADDY DEERING: THE COUNTRY FIDDLER.
Like Scotland's harper, Or Irish piper, with his droning lays, Before the spread of modern life and light The country fiddler slowly disappears.