18 Gimme The Banjo 1'38 (trad.) - voorzang Jeroen Burggraaf

Hijs-shanty populair aan boord van schepen die de Caribische zee bevoeren. De Spaanse invloed is duidelijk: het begin van de melodie lijkt op die van het Spaans-Amerikaanse lied Cielito Lindo.

Oh this is the way
we play on the banjo
dance girls, gimme the banjo
o 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
o 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
o 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* .. .. .. .. .. boys
dance girls, gimme the banjo
o haul away
make your pay
dance girls, gimme the banjo
a dollar a day
is a sailorman’s pay o
dance girls, gimme the banjo
o 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
o the banjo
the seven-string banjo
dance girls, gimme the banjo