Story Behind The Song

This spawned out of the fiddle music that my family and a few very close friends play at the South-Eastern Washington Fair in Walla Walla every year. I had been hearing the song "Old Joe Clark" since I was little, and in having fun on the piano one day I

Song Description

New version of an old fiddle tune, but the old version of the updated version kept online simply for comparative purposes.

Lyrics

(So, fare thee well, Old Joe Clark. Fare the well, I say.)
(Fare thee well, Old Joe Clark. It's time I went away.)
(Fare thee well, Old Joe Clark. Fare the well, I say.)
(Hopefully, again we'll meet, so don't you ever change.)

Old Joe Clark, you're a funny thing, and here's the reason why:
All those songs we wrote of you have been a great big lie.
No, Clark, you're not a man at all - you're a commune in Peru,
And it's 'bout time I headed back after all those years with you.

So, fare thee well, Old Joe Clark. Fare the well, I say.
Fare thee well, Old Joe Clark. It's time I went away.
Fare thee well, Old Joe Clark. Fare the well, I say.
Hopefully, again we'll meet, so don't you ever change.

I'll miss all those poker nights, and weekly Bingo, too...
Slip-and-slides and Jell-O fights and sculptures made of glue...
The DDR was kind of hard, and broken were the swings,
But I will always hold the crown of KAREOKE KING!

Fare thee well, Old Joe Clark. Fare the well, I say.
Fare thee well, Old Joe Clark. It's time I went away.
Fare thee well, Old Joe Clark. Fare the well, I say.
Time for me to take my leave, but there you'll have to stay.

Fare thee well, Old Joe Clark. Fare the well, I say.
Fare thee well, Old Joe Clark. It's time I went away.
Fare thee well, Old Joe Clark. Fare the well, I say.
Time for me to take my leave, but there you'll have to stay.

Fare thee well, Old Joe Clark. Fare the well, I say.
Fare thee well, Old Joe Clark. It's time I went away.
Fare thee well, Old Joe Clark. Don't stop havin' fun.
I will say that it's been great, but now I've got to run.

[fade out]