"Dad's Old Fiddle" is a tribute to a father's fiddle after his passing. The song speaks to the power of music to bring people together and keep memories alive. As a child, the narrator loved hearing his dad play the fiddle, and when his dad passed away, he inherited the instrument. Despite not having any formal training, he taught himself to play and practiced his dad's favorite song over and over again. The narrator feels proud to now play the fiddle and keep his father's memory alive through music, and imagines that his father would be proud to hear him play. However, the song also acknowledges the narrator's own eventual passing, and the hope that he will be reunited with his father in the afterlife, playing their shared love of music together once again.
