Ring Ring The Banjo

Stephen Collins FosterStephen Collins Foster

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De time is nebber dreary if de darkey nebber groans;
De ladies nebber weary wid de rattle of de bones:
Den come again Susanna by de gaslight ob de moon;
We'll tum de old Piano when de banjo's out ob tune.Chorus:Ring, ring de banjo! I like dat good old song,
Come again my true lub, Oh! wha you been so long?
Stephen Collins Foster
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Stephen Collins Foster

1826-1864/AmericanAs one of America's principal and most influential songwriters, Stephen Foster shares his birthday with that of the nation. Born on 4 July 1826 in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh, Foster revealed an early interest in music but r…

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