A Banjo Song (Weeden, set by S. Homer) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


I plays de banjo better now
Dan him dat taught me do,
Because he plays for all de worl',
An' I jes' plays for you.
 
He learn his chunes -- I jes' lets down
A banjo-string or two
Into the deepest of my heart,
An' draws up chunes for you.
 
Slowly dey comes swingin' up,
A-quiv'rin through an through,
Till wid a rush of tinglin' notes
Dey reaches light-an' you.
 
I never knows if dey will shine
Wet wind tears or dew;
I only knows dat, dew or tears,
Dey shine because of you.

Input by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Authorship

Maria Howard Weeden (1846-1905)

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

Sidney Homer (1864-1953)

Bandanna Ballads

Date added to the website: 2008-07-04.

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