Ring de Banjo

The time is never dreary if a darkey never groans
 The ladies never weary with the rattle of the bones
 Then come again Susanna, by gas-light of the moon
 We'll tum the old piano when the banjo's out of tune
 Ring, ring the banjo! How I like that good old song
 Come again my true love, oh where you been so long
 Oh never count the bubbles, while there's water in the spring
 The darkey'll have no troubles, when he's got this song to sing
 The beauties of creation, will never lose their charm
 While I roam the old plantation with my true love on my arm
 Ring, ring the banjo! How I love that good old song
 Come again my true love, oh where you been so long
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 Well once I was so lucky, my massa set me free
 I went to ol' Kentucky to see what I could see
 I could not go no further, I 'turned to massa's door
 I'll love him all the harder, I'll go away no more
 Ring, ring the banjo! How I love that good old song
 Come again my true love, oh where you been so long
 Early in the morning, on a lovely summer day
 My massa sent me warning, he'd like to hear me play
 On the banjo I was tapping, I come with dulcem strain
 My massa fall a-napping, he'll never wake again
 Ring, ring the banjo! How I love that good old song
 Come again my true love, oh where you been so long
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 Ring, ring the banjo! How I love that good old song
 Come again my true love, oh where you been so long
 Ring, ring the banjo! How I love that good old song
 Come again my true love, oh where you been so long