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THE BANJO FIEND by WILLARD GROSVENOR BLEYER

First Line: THERE IS A FELLOW ACROSS THE WAY
Last Line: WITH HIS PLUNK, PLUNK, PLUNKETY, PLUNK, PLUNK.
Subject(s): BANJOS; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS;

THERE is a fellow across the way
Who plays the banjo night and day,
And all you ever hear him play,
Is plunk, plunk, plunkety, plunk, plunk.

He plays along with might and main,
Be it foul or fair, be it snow or rain,
And, oh! it is that constant strain,
That plunk, plunk, plunkety, plunk, plunk.

You sit here in your room and swear,
But he can't hear, nor does he care,
Only goes on playing that same old air,
The plunk, plunk, plunkety, plunk, plunk.

It is his hope that some fine day
On the Banjo Club they'll let him play,
But he won't if we have aught to say,
With his plunk, plunk, plunkety, plunk, plunk.



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