Banjo Tune
The money dried up and my friends are all gone oh ho
The money dried up and my friends are all gone oh ho
Must be something that I done wrong oh ho oh ho oh ho
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My dog won’t bark when I come home oh ho
My dog won’t bark when I come home oh ho
He bares his teeth, his mouth a-foam oh ho oh ho oh ho
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I got a gal who loves me true oh ho
I got a gal who loves me true oh ho
Ain’t seen her at all in a month or two oh ho oh ho oh ho
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I went to my bar and I sat alone oh ho
I went to my bar and I sat alone oh ho
I pretended to talk on the telephone oh ho oh ho oh ho
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Couldn’t pay the tab – I had no cash oh ho
Couldn’t pay my tab – I had no cash oh ho
So they took me out back and kicked my ass oh ho oh ho oh ho
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My nose turns right, one eye won’t shut oh ho
My nose turns right, one eye won’t shut oh ho
The newspaper boy just kicked me in the butt oh ho oh ho oh ho
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Now I’m in jail on a vagrant charge oh ho
Now I’m in jail on a vagrant charge oh ho
Now there’s one less poor man at large oh ho oh ho oh ho
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Life aint easy and life aint fair oh ho oh ho oh ho
It’s often dull and there’s nothin to say oh ho
It’s often dull and there’s nothin to say oh ho
But I git a hunnerd stories each day oh ho oh ho oh ho
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My cell mate likes philosophic art oh ho
My cell mate likes philosophic art oh ho
So I wondered him ‘do grasshoppers fart?’ oh ho oh ho oh ho
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He said ‘a grasshopper’s life aint easy nor fair’ oh ho oh ho oh ho
My good man don’t go to sleep on me oh ho
My good man don’t ya go to sleep on me oh ho
I got a million stories you see oh ho oh ho oh ho