Uncle Eph's Banjo Song (Campbell, set by G. Bachlund) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Clean de ba'n an' sweep de flo',                   
    Sing, my bawnjer, sing!                            
We's gwine ter dawnce dis eb'nin' sho',      
    Ring, my bawnjer, ring!
Den hits up de road an' down de lane,
Hurry, niggah, you miss de train;
De yaller gal she dawnce so neat,                   
De yaller gal she look so sweet,
    Ring, my bawnjer, ring!

De moon come up, de sun go down,
    Sing, my bawnjer, sing!
De niggahs am all come f'um town,               
    Ring, my bawnjer, ring!
Den hits roun' de hill an' froo de fiel...
Lookout dar, niggah, doan' you steal!          
De milyuns on dem vines am green,
De moon am bright, O you'll be seen,
    Ring, my bawnjer, ring!

Authorship

James Edwin Campbell (1867-1896)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Gary Bachlund

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Date added to the website: 2007-04-29.

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