The Ghost Of The Banjo Coon 1906

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 20 Jul 2008
2008

Erastus Henry Johnson
kept a getting poor and thin,
he thought some wicked coon
had put a hoodoo on to him.
So he went to see a Voodoo
who could drive the spell away,
So the niggers say
The Voodoo said a rabbit's foot
you need to set you right,
so she took him to the graveyard
in the middle of the night,
Just as the clock was striking twelve
a bat flew round his head,
Sh! Sh!
then the Voodoo lady said:

Don't you hear the plinky plunky tune
played by the ghost of the banjo coon,
cat birds call and sleepy whippoorwill
hears the tune as the moon goes behind the hill,
bull frogs croak and the dogs begin to howl,
Treetoads chirp and a hootin' goes the owl,
Spooks rise up and all begin to croon
'cause they know it's the ghost of the Banjo Coon.

Don't you hear the plinky plunky tune
played by the ghost of the banjo coon,
cat birds call and sleepy whippoorwill
hears the tune as the moon goes behind the hill,
bull frogs croak and the dogs begin to howl,
Treetoads chirp and a hootin' goes the owl,
Spooks rise up and all begin to croon
'cause they know it's the ghost of the Banjo Coon.

Erastus said he seen the spooks
a sittin' on the stones,
and ev'ry time the wind would blow
it rattled all their bones
and as there he shook and shivered
list'ning to the ghostly song
A rabbit came along
Erastus for that rabbit
quickly took it on the run,
He had to catch it with his hands
he didn't have a gun,
He grabbed it by the leg at last,
but all his courage fled,
Sh! Sh!
When the rabbit turned and said:

Don't you hear the plinky plunky tune
played by the ghost of the banjo coon,
cat birds call and sleepy whippoorwill
hears the tune as the moon goes behind the hill,
bull frogs croak and the dogs begin to howl,
Treetoads chirp and a hootin' goes the owl,
Spooks rise up and all begin to croon
'cause they know it's the ghost of the Banjo Coon.

Don't you hear the plinky plunky tune
played by the ghost of the banjo coon,
cat birds call and sleepy whippoorwill
hears the tune as the moon goes behind the hill,
bull frogs croak and the dogs begin to howl,
Treetoads chirp and a hootin' goes the owl,
Spooks rise up and all begin to croon
'cause they know it's the ghost of the Banjo Coon.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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The Ghost Of The Banjo Coon 1906
Music by Anna Caldwell
Lyrics by James O'Dea
© 1906 by G.W.Setchell - Boston, Mass
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sequence and karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Sunday 20 July 2008 at 09.26
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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