Charles “Chip” Esten (better known as Deacon Claybourne from TV series Nashville) was asked by his writers to come up w/ a song (in just 3-days) he could perform on the show (season 6) as a tune his daddy had once taught him.
The result is the fabulous, Itty, Bitty, Ditty, https://youtu.be/ZmMz1UQu0u0
Play it and sing it with your kids–ask them to do the tea kettle whistling part too.
Here’re the words:
My grandaddy used to widdle
While my daddy played the fiddle
In the middle of the front porch swing
And my sister used to giggle at a silly little riddle
‘Bout some brittle and a diamond ring
While my mama fixed the bittles on her little kitchen grittle
You could hear them as the tea kettle sing
While my grandaddy widdled
And my daddy played the fiddle
In the middle of a front porch swing
Here I go
My grandaddy used to widdle
While my daddy played the fiddle
In the middle of the front porch swing
And my…
Patrick Kerr and Bruce Firestone sing Chip Esten’s Itty Bitty Ditty for Bruce’s grandsons, CJ and Godric…
Pat is a fine singer, songwriter, musician, composer and union man (red seal boilermaker).
Prof Bruce can’t sing worth a bean, but he adores his grandchildren…
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