He was born in ol' New Brunswick
In the early part of may nineteen nine
Six years old he played the fiddle
At the barn dance on the old
Every year Don got better
He dreamed about that fortune
Then he came down to Saint John City
Where he formed the old New
Coast to coast with Don and Charlie
Ray Simmonds played it up
Born to gray with sea speackrin
How Charlie sang with Margret
And Waldo made the old piano twang
For the queen they played in concert
Seventeen years on television
From nineteen fifty- six to seventy- three
Don messer made his mark forever
The fiddling king of country
Through out the world it's undisputed
Don Messer and the islanders were tops