BANJO'S BACK IN TOWN, THE
(Earl Shuman / Alden Shuman / Marshall Brown)


Teresa Brewer - 1955
Alma Cogan - 1955



As recorded by ALMA COGAN:

Clap your hands, altogether now
The banjo's back in town
Slap your hands, lovely weather now
The banjo's back in town
Kick your heels to the ringin'
Of the plunkin' swingin' through
What a sound, round and round
And then doo wacka doo, wacka doo
 
You gotta step your feet
To the rhythm back in nineteen-twenty-five
Get that beat, keep the rhythm alive
If someone's yelling "Oh no"
Just tell them voh-dee-oh-doh
Hot-cha, the ban-ban-banjo's back in town
 
(Instrumental Break)
 
Come on and clap your hands, altogether now
The banjo's back in town
Slap your hands, lovely weather now
The banjo's back in town
Kick your heels to the ringin'
Of the plunkin' swingin' through
What a sound, around and round
And then doo wacka doo, wacka doo
 
You've gotta step your feet
To the rhythm back in nineteen-twenty-five
Get that beat, keep the rhythm alive
If someone's yelling "Oh no"
Just tell them voh-dee-oh-doh
Hot-cha, the ban-ban-banjos back
The ban-ban-banjos back
The ban-ban-banjos back in town
 





(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2011)