Oh this is the way we play on the banjo
Dance girls, gimme the banjo
Oh the banjo, the seven-string banjo
Dance girls, gimme the banjo
When I was but one and twenty
Dance girls, gimme the banjo
I went to school for to be a scholar
Dance girls, gimme the banjo
My color was tough I could not swallow
Dance girls, gimme the banjo
Oh the banjo, the seven-string banjo
Dance girls, gimme the banjo
There is my book laying down on the table
Dance girls, gimme the banjo
And you can read it if you are able
Dance girls, gimme the banjo
Play on the banjo, the ping-a-pong-a-banjo
Dance girls, gimme the banjo
Oh the banjo, the talla-walla-wangoe
Dance girls, gimme the banjo
We'll go ashore, all go together
Dance girls, gimme the banjo
Put on your high shoes, you let in the light boys
Dance girls, gimme the banjo
Oh haul away, make your pay
Dance girls, gimme the banjo
A dollar a day is a sailorman's pay, oh
Dance girls, gimme the banjo
Oh haul away, o haul together
Dance girls, gimme the banjo
We'll haul away for better weather
Dance girls, gimme the banjo
We'll play on the banjo, the ping-a-pong-a-banjo
Dance girls, gimme the banjo
Oh, the banjo, the seven-string banjo
Dance girls, gimme the banjo