I likes the ol piano, and I likes the fiddle too, The guitar makes the music awful sweet. But when I pick the old banjo, my heart is mighty free The banjo am the instrument for me!
Well, let me hear the banjo, I like that good ol' five string melody It makes me feel so happy, my hearts so light and free, The banjo am the instrument for me.
Well I used to court the ladies, and flog the ol' banjo They gathered round me happy as can be That's why the children like me, when things told me so The banjo am the instrument for me.
Well, let me hear the banjo, I like that good ol' five string melody It makes me feel so happy, my hearts so light and free, The banjo am the instrument for me.
Now I'm old and feeble, grand children by the score, Every night they set upon my knee, That’s when I scoot 'em over just to make a little room, Cause the banjo am the instrument for me.
Well, let me hear the banjo, I like that good ol' five string melody Well it makes me feel so happy, my hearts so light and free, The banjo am the instrument for me.