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The Banjo Song

Music by Peter De Angelis, Words by Robert P. Marcucci - 1952

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F	-	-	-
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C7	-	F        Cm6	D7
G7	-	C	-
F	-	-	-
A7	-	Dm	-
Bb	-	F	-
First Ending------	------------------	------------------	------------------
C7	-	F        Cdim	C7      (repeat)
Second Ending---	------------------	------------------	------------------
C7		Gm7	C7
F	Bbm	Gm7	F           (end)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Ban -jo, Ban -jo, Ban -jo, Ban -jo, on my knee,

Oh, let me hear that Ban -jo, Ban -jo play sweet har -mo -ny;

It keeps a -ring -in' and ring -in' in your heart,

It keeps a swing -in' and swing -in' from the ver -y start.

Oh, let me hear that Ban -jo, Ban -jo play that mel -o -dy,

Rag -time, jazz -time, swing -time just for you and me;

And while you're mer -ri -ly hum -min' the ban -jo's mer -ri -ly strum -min'

 

First Ending

Jazz it up, swing it up, play those mel -o -dies.

 

Second Ending

Ban -jo, Ban -jo, Ban -jo, Ban -jo play those mel -o -dies.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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