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 [00:13.44]Uncle Benny [00:14.63]Never had a penny [00:16.06]Only had his old banjo [00:18.58]Never had a job [00:20.02]Never earned a bob [00:21.39]Always free to come and go [00:23.89]He played the banjo gaily boys [00:26.53]For anyone he'd meet [00:29.56]Benny was a fellow who could [00:30.56]Sweep girls off their feet [00:34.44]He'd set their toes a-tapping with his songs [00:38.62] [00:40.07]Making friends who'd join him [00:42.12]As he slowly strolled along [00:45.25]There was Michael Flynn played violin [00:47.69]While Clancy played the flute [00:50.56]And Tommy McManis gave the old cornet a toot [00:56.13] [01:17.38]Uncle Benny [01:18.69]Never had a penny [01:20.00]Only had his old banjo [01:22.57]Fat around the middle [01:24.00]Always on the fiddle [01:25.32]No one ever seemed to know [01:27.88]In the clubs and the pubs around the town [01:29.88] [01:30.72]Up and down the street [01:33.51]Benny was a fellow who could [01:34.57]Sweep girls off their feet [01:38.45]He'd set their toes a-tapping with his songs [01:42.69] [01:44.12]Making friends who'd join him [01:45.99]As he slowly strolled along [01:49.24]There was Jack McBass who played the bass [01:51.81]While Danny played the drum [01:54.55]And everybody watching [01:55.67]Would clap their hands and hum [01:58.19] [02:21.54]Uncle Benny [02:22.79]Never had a penny [02:24.04]Only had his old banjo [02:26.77]Singing at the fair [02:28.07]Silver in his hair [02:29.51]Uncle Benny had to go [02:31.88]He failed it on a high note [02:34.83]In his final show [02:37.25]And I never knew what happened to [02:38.80]Benny's old banjo [02:42.87]Uncle Benny [02:43.99]Never had a penny [02:45.39]Only had his old banjo [02:47.96]Uncle Benny [02:49.33]Never had a penny [02:50.64] [02:51.48]Only had his old banjo [02:53.36]Uncle Benny