Ring Ring de Banjo (1851) Stephen Foster - Fife and Drum

Описание: Ring Ring de Banjo, by America's first songwriter, the great Stephen Foster, played on fife and drum.

Ring, Ring de Banjo
Original Lyrics by Stephen Foster

De time is nebber dreary
If de darkey nebber groans;
De ladies nebber weary
Wid de rattle ob de bones;
Den ome again Susanna
By de gaslight ob de moon;
We’ll tum de old Piano
When de banjo’s out ob tune.

chorus:
Ring, ring de banjo!
I like dat good old song,
Come again my true lub,
Oh! whar you been so long.

Oh! nebber count de bubbles
While der’s water in de spring;
De darkey hab no troubles
While he’s got dis song to sing.
De beauties ob creation
Will nebber lose der harm
While I roam de old plantation
Wid my true lub on my arm.

Once I was so lucky,
My massa set me free,
I went to old Kentucky
To see what I ould see;
I could not go no farder,
I turn to massa’s door,
I lub him all de harder,
I’ll go away no more.

Early in de morning
Ob a lubly summer day,
My massa send me warning
He’d like to hear me play.
On de banjo tapping,
I come wid dulem strain;
Massa fall a napping
He’ll nebber wake again.

My lub, I’ll hab to leabe you
While de ribber’s running high;
But I nebber can deceibe you
So dont you wipe your eye.
I’s guine to make some money;
But I’ll come anodder day
I’ll come again my honey,
If I hab to work my way.