Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he. He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, and he called for his fiddler's three. And every fiddle he had a fiddle, and a very fine fiddle had he. There's none so rare as can compare with a king and his fiddler's three. Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he. He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, and he called for his fiddler's three. And every fiddle he had a fiddle, and a very fine fiddle had he. There's none so rare as can compare with a king and his fiddler's three.