Hey Mr Banjo
Play a tune for me
Play Mr Banjo
A happy melody
We'll all clap our hands
And stamp our feet
You keep strummin' while we keep the beat
Play Mr Banjo
A pretty melody
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Hey Mr Banjo
Plunk another tune
Hurry Mr Banjo
The night ends all to soon
Make your banjo talk
While we dance and sing
Do a fancy walk
While you pick the strings
Play Mr Banjo
Plunk a tune for me
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Hey Mr Banjo
Play us just one more
Play Mr Banjo
Just like you did before
When the stars were high
And the moon is low
Keep on strummin' on your old banjo
Hey Mr Banjo
Play a tune for me
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Play Mr Banjo
Play a tune for me |
[Written by J C Fogarty]
Just got home from Illinois
Lock the front door, oh boy
Got to sit down
Take a rest on the porch
Imagination sets in
Pretty soon I'm singin'
Doo, doo, doo
Lookin' out my back door
There's a giant doing cartwheels
A statue wearin' high heels
Look at all the happy creatures
Dancing on the lawn
A dinosaur Victrola
List'ning to Buck Owens
Doo, doo, doo
Lookin' out my back door
Tambourines and elephants
Are playing in the band
Won't you take a ride
On the flyin' spoon
Doo, doo doo
Wond'rous apparition
Provided by magician
Doo, doo, doo
Lookin' out my back door
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Tambourines and elephants
Are playing in the band
Won't you take a ride
On the flyin' spoon
Doo, doo doo
Bother me tomorrow
Today I'll buy no sorrows
Doo, doo, doo
Lookin' out my back door
Forward troubles Illinois
Lock the front door, oh boy
Look at all the happy creatures
Dancing on the lawn
Bother me tomorrow
Today I'll buy no sorrows
Doo, doo, doo
Lookin' out my back door
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