When Uncle Joe Plays a Rag on His Old Banjo / music by Theodor Morse; words by D. A. Esrom

Authors

Theodor Morse
D. A. Esrom
Theodor Morse Music Co. (New York)

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ISBN

MUM00682, 0150

Subject Headings (Library of Congress)

Songs -- United States -- 20th Century; Popular Music -- United States

Relational Format

music score

Original Format

scores

Original Collection

Sheldon Harris Collection (MUM00682), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries

Finding Aid

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/finding_aids/322

Lyrics

Lyrics:
First verse
Down in Dixie lives old Uncle Joe, Down in Dixie that's the place to go, Where you sure will hear some music grand. Sweetest melodies in all the land; Ev'ry night beneath the southern moon, Uncle Joe would play a raggy tune, Things begin to hum, When he starts to strum A rag upon his old banjo.
Chorus
When Uncle Joe plays a rag on his old banjo, Ev'ry body starts a-swaying to and fro, Mammy waddles all around the cabin floor. Yelling Uncle Joe, gimme more, gimme more, Folks come a-running when they hear the sound, Singing and a-dancing till they shake the ground. When Uncle Joe (plankity plank) Plays a rag (plankity plank) On his old banjo. When Uncle Joe plays a rag on his old banjo, Ev'ry body starts a-swaying to and fro, Mammy waddles all around the cabin floor. Yelling Uncle Joe, gimme more, gimme more, Folks come a-running when they hear the sound, Singing and a-dancing till they shake the ground. When Uncle Joe (plankity plank) Plays a rag (plankity plank) On his old banjo.
Second verse
Ev'ry night outside the cabin door, You'll see things you never saw before, Shufflin' wing steps and Virginia reels, Old ones, young ones, kicking up their heels; Uncle Joe keeps playing all the while, Raggy tunes and in the latest style, Go on, Uncle Joe, Keep on, Uncle Joe, A plunking on your old banjo.

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