Uncle benny 创作者：
Roger Whittaker

N/A3 浏览量

调：C major

Verse 1
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Uncle
Benny
Never had a penny,
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Only had his old banjo.
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Never had a job,
Never earned a bob,
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Always free to come and go.
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He played the banjo gaily, boys,
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For anyone he'd meet.
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Benny was a fellow who could
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Sweep girls off their feet.

Verse 2
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He'd set their toes a- tapping
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with his songs,
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Making friends who'd join him as
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he slowly strolled along.
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There was Michael Flynn played violin
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While Clancy played the flute,

Verse 3

And Tommy McManis gave the old cornet a toot.

Interlude 1

Verse 4
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Uncle Benny
Never had a penny,
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Only had his old banjo.
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Fat around the middle,
Always on the fiddle,
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No one ever seemed to know.
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In the clubs and the pubs around the town,
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Up and down the street,

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Benny was a fellow who could

Sweep girls off their feet.

Verse 6

He'd set their toes a- tapping

with his songs,

Making friends who'd join him as

he slowly strolled along.

Verse 7
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There was Jack
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McBass who played the bass
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While Danny played the drum,
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And everyone watching would clap their hands and
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hum.

Interlude 2

Verse 8
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Uncle Benny
Never had a penny,
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Only had his old banjo.
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Singing at the fair,
Silver in his hair,
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Uncle Benny had to go.
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He failed it on a high note
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In his final show,
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And I never knew what happened to
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Benny's old banjo.
Uncle Benny
Never had a penny
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Only had his own banjo
Uncle Benny
Never had a penny
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Only had his own banjo
Uncle Benny...