When That Little Yellow Fellow Plays Piano 1915

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 10 May 2013
2013

In Southern Alabama
lived a girl
whose name was Hannah.
That girl played some banjo,
She'd make your body quiver
when she played the Swannee River
and the strains from Old Black Joe.
Darkies they were singing
her banjo would be ringing
folks would gather
round her cabin door,
Someone played piano
every night with Hannah
you could hear them
calling out for more.

When that little yeller fellow
played piano
Hannah played banjo;
he would play it in a lively manner,
Hanna'd say let's go,
they would play the eagle rock
then the pigeon walk.
The way they played those tunes
made the music talk.
When that little yellow feller
played piano
Hannah played banjo.

When that little yeller fellow
played piano
Hannah played banjo;
he would play it in a lively manner,
Hanna'd say let's go,
they would play the eagle rock
then the pigeon walk.
The way they played those tunes
made the music talk.
When that little yellow feller
played piano
Hannah played banjo.

This little yellow fellow
had a voice
so soft and mellow;
his eyes would beam with joy,
He'd look right up at Hannah
then he'd bang the old piano
for he was her Honey Boy.
Nothing could be like it
no harmony could strike it
nothing ever with it could compare.
Banjo and piano
Honey Boy and Hannah
they would make those darkies
yell for air.

When that little yeller fellow
played piano
Hannah played banjo;
he would play it in a lively manner,
Hanna'd say let's go,
they would play the eagle rock
then the pigeon walk.
The way they played those tunes
made the music talk.
When that little yellow feller
played piano
Hannah played banjo.

When that little yeller fellow
played piano
Hannah played banjo;
he would play it in a lively manner,
Hanna'd say let's go,
they would play the eagle rock
then the pigeon walk.
The way they played those tunes
made the music talk.
When that little yellow feller
played piano
Hannah played banjo.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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When That Little Yellow Fellow Plays Piano 1915
(Hannah Plays Banjo)
Music by David Lindeman
Lyrics by Tell Taylor
© 1915 by Tell Taylor
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Friday 10 May 2013 at 17.47
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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