The Devil Bowed His Head Because He Knew That He’d Been Beat And He Laid That Golden Fiddle On The Ground At Tommy’s Feet

The person obviously gave up when he or she found that no one was particularly excited about a hot fiddle:

The drowsy violinist whose $80,000 instrument was either lost or stolen after he dozed off on the bench of a Brooklyn subway station was playing a happy tune yesterday.

“It’s a miracle,” said Tom Chiu, after getting reunited with his beloved 94-year-old Scarampella violin.

“I got a call from MTA Lost-and-Found last night and they told me to come to Stillwell Avenue to retrieve it.”

Still disbelieving, Chiu asked the transit worker on the phone if there were bow ties and pictures of his wife in the case.

There were.

Chiu, 36, a renowned concert violinist who performs at the floating Bargemusic in Brooklyn, said he would never let his instrument out of his sight again.

“I learned a big lesson,” he told The Post.

“You think Clark Street in Brooklyn Heights — nothing bad would happen there. I love people, but I need to guard my possessions.”

Chiu said there is still the possibility the violin was stolen from him, and the thief abandoned it in favor of the other valuables in his case.

“The zipper is broken on the case and some of my other things are missing,” he said.