Daddy Played The Banjo by Steve Martin
Daddy Played The Banjo by Steve Martin

Daddy Played The Banjo

Steve Martin * Track #1 On The Crow

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Daddy Played The Banjo by Steve Martin

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Steve Martin
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As he relates on his website, this song originated as a practice in writing what he calls “bad poetry”:

I had read a book called “The Stuffed Owl,” which was a collection of bad poetry through the ages. I put it down and thought, “I could write some bad poetry!” I did, and came up with a poem calle...

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Daddy Played The Banjo Lyrics

Daddy played the banjo, ‘neath the yellow tree
It rang across the backyard, an old time melody
I loved to hear the music, I was only five
I listened as his fingers made the banjo come alive

Sometimes I’d wake up at night, and hear a distant tune
The banjo would echo, ‘round my childhood room
I’d sneak down the back stairs, Daddy never knew
I’d grab a broom and make believe, I was pickin’, too

One day Daddy put my fingers down upon his fist
He picked it with his other hand, we made the banjo ring;

Now the music takes me back, cross the yellow day
Soon the summer’s with my Dad, and the tunes he made

But I’m just tellin’ lyes ‘bout the things I did
See I’m that banjo player who never had a kid
Now, I sit, beneath that yellow tree
Hopin’ that a kid somewhere, is listening to me

Daddy played the banjo, ‘neath the yellow tree
It rang across the backyard and wove a spell on me
Now the banjo takes me back, through the foggy haze
With memories of what never was, become the good old days

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