by Maria Howard Weeden (1846 - 1905)
A Banjo Song
Language: English
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.
Authorship:
- by Maria Howard Weeden (1846 - 1905) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Sidney Homer (1864 - 1953), "A Banjo Song", op. 22 no. 4, from Bandanna Ballads, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 93