Uncle Benny-Roger Whittaker

[ti:Uncle Benny] [ar:Roger Whittaker] [al:Now and Then: 1964 - 2004] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Uncle Benny - Roger Whittaker [00:11.48]Uncle Benny [00:12.66]Never had a penny [00:14.09]Only had his old banjo [00:16.61]Never had a job [00:18.05]Never earned a bob [00:19.42]Always free to come and go [00:21.93]He played the banjo gaily boys [00:24.57]For anyone he'd meet [00:27.60]Benny was a fellow who could [00:28.60]Sweep girls off their feet [00:32.48]He'd set their toes a-tapping with his songs [00:36.66] [00:38.10]Making friends who'd join him [00:40.16]As he slowly strolled along [00:43.28]There was Michael Flynn played violin [00:45.73]While Clancy played the flute [00:48.60]And Tommy McManis gave the old cornet a toot [00:54.17] [01:15.41]Uncle Benny [01:16.72]Never had a penny [01:18.04]Only had his old banjo [01:20.60]Fat around the middle [01:22.04]Always on the fiddle [01:23.35]No one ever seemed to know [01:25.92]In the clubs and the pubs around the town [01:27.92] [01:28.76]Up and down the street [01:31.54]Benny was a fellow who could [01:32.61]Sweep girls off their feet [01:36.48]He'd set their toes a-tapping with his songs [01:40.73] [01:42.16]Making friends who'd join him [01:44.03]As he slowly strolled along [01:47.28]There was Jack McBass who played the bass [01:49.84]While Danny played the drum [01:52.58]And everybody watching [01:53.71]Would clap their hands and hum [01:56.22] [02:19.58]Uncle Benny [02:20.83]Never had a penny [02:22.08]Only had his old banjo [02:24.80]Singing at the fair [02:26.10]Silver in his hair [02:27.54]Uncle Benny had to go [02:29.92]He failed it on a high note [02:32.87]In his final show [02:35.28]And I never knew what happened to [02:36.84]Benny's old banjo [02:40.91]Uncle Benny [02:42.03]Never had a penny [02:43.43]Only had his old banjo [02:46.00]Uncle Benny [02:47.37]Never had a penny [02:48.68] [02:49.52]Only had his old banjo [02:51.39]Uncle Benny