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They say he was a black man

Who played a fiddle mean

Picked a guitar too

Like no one’s ever seen

William knew him as a friend

Of the family

A member of his uncle’s band

Around parts of Rosine

His fingers rolled like lightning 

Nimble on the strings

There was not another like him

Arnold made the flat top sing

He could make you dance till your feet fell off

And break your heart with a gentle waltz

The greatest in the county of Ohio

And the world would never know

Born in west Kentucky

He loaded coal by day

Nights he played guitar

And folks all knew his name

They said he was the greatest

Maybe ever in these parts

His thumb and finger style

Caught their ears and won their hearts

His fingers rolled like lightning 

Nimble on the strings

There was not another like him

Arnold made the flat top sing

He could make you dance till your feet fell off

And break your heart with a gentle waltz

The greatest in the county of Ohio

And the world would never know

It’s said the whiskey loved him

Women loved him too

But when you are the best around

Envy will find you

Some have speculated

About that poison pour

Whether whiskey or hatred

Cut his young life short

His fingers rolled like lightning 

Nimble on the strings

There was not another like him

Arnold made the flat top sing

He could make you dance till your feet fell off

And break your heart with a gentle waltz

The greatest in the county of Ohio

And the world would never know

That he could make you dance till your feet fell off

And break your heart with a gentle waltz

The greatest in the county of Ohio

And world would never know

He was the greatest in the county of Ohio

And the world would never know