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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: BANJOS Matches Found: 12 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BANJO SONG, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, dere's lots o' keer an' trouble Last Line: Like dat one upon de wall. Subject(s): Banjos; Musical Instruments A BANJO SONG, by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: W'en de banjos wuz a-ringin' Last Line: We'll dance tel de day done break. Subject(s): Banjos; Musical Instruments; Singing & Singers; Songs BANJO MINE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Now the gloom of a mist-laden evening Last Line: "then go back to your leathern case, banjo, / while my thought goes beyond your control" Subject(s): Banjos;music & Musicians;musical Instruments GOSPEL BANJO: HOMAGE TO LITTLE ROY LEWIS, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: Three days I lay with a fire under my skin, in the guest room Last Line: Which is the joy of waking on either side of the jordan. Subject(s): Banjos; Baptism; Dreams; Lewis, Little Roy; Musical Instruments; Prayer Meetings; Christenings; Nightmares MISS LIZA'S BANJER, by DANIEL WEBSTER DAVIS Poem Text First Line: Hi! Miss liza's got er banjer Last Line: Must fust be in de soul. Subject(s): Banjos; Musical Instruments ROUND THE BEND, by WILL LAWSON Poem Text First Line: Round the bend where the pungas grow Last Line: And his was an easy mind. Subject(s): Banjos; Idleness; Musical Instruments; Trucks & Trucking; Laziness; Sloth; Indolence; Teamsters; Truckers; Freight THE BANJO FIEND, by WILLARD GROSVENOR BLEYER Poem Text First Line: There is a fellow across the way Last Line: With his plunk, plunk, plunkety, plunk, plunk. Subject(s): Banjos; Musical Instruments THE BANJO OF THE PAST, by HOWARD WEEDEN Poem Text First Line: You ax about dat music made Last Line: De banjo disappears! Subject(s): Banjos; Musical Instruments THE BANJO PLAYER, by FENTON JOHNSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There is music in me, the music of a peasant people Last Line: What is a troubadour? Subject(s): Banjos; Musical Instruments THE BROKEN BANJO, by WARREN FENNO GREGORY Poem Text First Line: Voiceless lies the broken banjo Last Line: Past recalling, e'en as thou! Subject(s): Banjos; Musical Instruments THE SONG OF THE BANJO, by RUDYARD KIPLING Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You couldn't pack a broadwood half a mile Last Line: Yea, from delos up to limerick and back! Subject(s): Banjos; Musical Instruments THE VOICE OF THE BANJO, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: In a small and lonely cabin out of noisy traffic's way Last Line: "-- in the end." Subject(s): Banjos; Musical Instruments |
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