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 [00:11.49]Uncle Benny [00:12.68]Never had a penny [00:14.11]Only had his old banjo [00:16.63]Never had a job [00:18.07]Never earned a bob [00:19.44]Always free to come and go [00:21.94]He played the banjo gaily boys [00:24.58]For anyone he'd meet [00:27.62]Benny was a fellow who could [00:28.62]Sweep girls off their feet [00:32.49]He'd set their toes a-tapping with his songs [00:36.68] [00:38.12]Making friends who'd join him [00:40.17]As he slowly strolled along [00:43.30]There was Michael Flynn played violin [00:45.74]While Clancy played the flute [00:48.61]And Tommy McManis gave the old cornet a toot [00:54.18] [01:15.43]Uncle Benny [01:16.74]Never had a penny [01:18.05]Only had his old banjo [01:20.62]Fat around the middle [01:22.05]Always on the fiddle [01:23.37]No one ever seemed to know [01:25.93]In the clubs and the pubs around the town [01:27.93] [01:28.77]Up and down the street [01:31.56]Benny was a fellow who could [01:32.63]Sweep girls off their feet [01:36.50]He'd set their toes a-tapping with his songs [01:40.74] [01:42.17]Making friends who'd join him [01:44.05]As he slowly strolled along [01:47.29]There was Jack McBass who played the bass [01:49.86]While Danny played the drum [01:52.60]And everybody watching [01:53.72]Would clap their hands and hum [01:56.24] [02:19.60]Uncle Benny [02:20.84]Never had a penny [02:22.10]Only had his old banjo [02:24.82]Singing at the fair [02:26.12]Silver in his hair [02:27.56]Uncle Benny had to go [02:29.93]He failed it on a high note [02:32.88]In his final show [02:35.30]And I never knew what happened to [02:36.85]Benny's old banjo [02:40.92]Uncle Benny [02:42.04]Never had a penny [02:43.44]Only had his old banjo [02:46.01]Uncle Benny [02:47.38]Never had a penny [02:48.70] [02:49.53]Only had his old banjo [02:51.41]Uncle Benny