Best Banjo Poems

A Tribute to Banjo Pattersons, Road To Old Mans Town
by Robert (Bob) Moore

I read a poem when I was young, by Banjo Patterson
called “The Road To Old Mans Town” about a life near done
I did not understand back then, the meaning was obscure
but as the...

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When I sit alone with my memories

My mind drifts back to the early 60s

When folk music was all the rage

The New Christy Minstrels, Peter Paul and Mary

The Brothers Four, The Limelighters, The Kingston Trio

The Canadiana Folksingers... who?????

A six member group called The Canadiana Folksingers

Included myself...

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 There lived once a banjo boy
A blue-sky eyed banjo boy
who played his banjo every night.

There lived once a brown eyed girl
with her skin so smooth and fair
who sang always by his side

A duet they were, with music to share
and young love upon their mind.
All...

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What is it about a bluegrass banjo solo
That turns my crank and drives me loco
That foot tappin' beat
Can't control my feet
I freak out, guess I'm just a bluegrass banjo bozo


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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Now gather round this here campfire
y'all kind good folk 

Sit down get and make yourselves 
real comfy and toast a marshmallow 

Because this is a Freestyle Hoedown
ain't it all of us here have come to see
and i am about to get this party started

So here's...

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There’s a load of dust and sweat pulling my ole tired mussels 
           down
           These two old warn out feet get a little draggy, the...

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                   Banjo man 
     
      I'm a banjo man 
      In banjo van
...

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What is it about a bluegrass banjo solo
That turns my crank and drives me loco
That foot tappin' beat
Can't control my feet
I freak out, guess I'm just a bluegrass banjo bozo...

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Banjo Bobs Barber Shop

Ill meet you there he’s open eight till late, right off hope street down dead end lane,
It can be quite a journey his reception worth your pain, no matter your passion, ignore there shame, you see the wood you can see the...

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I hear music in the trees, 
 filtering down from the sky. 
 It sounds like Daddy's banjo 
 serenading Angels on High. 

 I smell Prince Albert tobacco 
 as Daddy smokes his pipe.... 
 Rings of smoke twirl around. 
 as he adjusts...

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What is it about a bluegrass banjo solo
That turns my crank and drives me loco
That foot tappin' beat
Can't control my feet
I freak out, guess I'm just a bluegrass banjo bozo...

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He goes by the name of Dizzy, for he is a dancing dervish
               On the banjo his fingertips always pick’n a lively tune
        ...

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I hear music in the trees, 
 filtering down from the sky. 
 It sounds like Daddy's banjo 
 serenading Angels on High. 

 I smell Prince Albert tobacco 
 as Daddy smokes his pipe.... 
 Rings of smoke twirl around. 
 as he adjusts...

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Metronome heart beats in 4/4 time while mandolin chimes in staccato voice.  In the background, guitar hums and banjo sings.  Bluegrass echoes across southern winds; blues and mountain music force a dance from tranquil feet; it’s a concert fit for country royalty, at...

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I Love

music
love to listen
rock, folk, blues, bluegrass, jazz
poetry and music share the
same roots

music
I love to play
banjo and mandolin 
I’m not very good but it soothes
my soul
...

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