Old Jan Riddle <br />So I've heard tell, <br />He played the viddle <br />Uncommon well. <br /> <br />Master player <br />Was old Jan Riddle, <br />But all he played <br />Was second viddle. <br /> <br />And when folk said, <br />As folk they would, <br />Play first viddle <br />They thought Jan should, <br /> <br />He'd only smile <br />And say he reckoned <br />Somebody's got <br />To play the second, <br /> <br />And if he played <br />So well's he could, <br />Why, first or second <br />'Twas just as good. <br /> <br />And now old Jan <br />In chirchyard lays, <br />And his old viddle <br />Nobody plays. <br /> <br />But old Jan Riddle, <br />So I've heard tell, <br />He played that viddle <br />Uncommon well - <br /> <br />Master player <br />Was old Jan Riddle, <br />For all he played <br />But second viddle.<br /><br />Cicely Fox Smith<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/second-fiddle/
