There once was a man from Kilkenny
Whose fiddling was not worth a penny
It screeched and it howled
At the sessions they scowled
And the noise drove away his sweet Jenny
So the accordion he decided to try
A vintage old box he did buy
But the bellows were leaky
And the keys were all squeaky
So his dear sweet Kathleen said “Good-bye!”
Of the bodhran he soon became fond
With his new love he thought he could bond
But the tipper did fly
And it poked out her eye
And that’s how he lost his Siobhan
The tin whistle would surely work best
A high F one he thought he would test
What horrible sounds!
To drive mad even hounds!
Sweet Eileen ran away from his nest
Exclaiming, while sipping his tea
“A mighty young piper I’ll be!”
From the Pakistan border
Some “pipes” he did order
And Bridget soon fled to Tralee
So now, our friend plays the banjo
There’s really no place he can go
Sure, the picking is fun,
But a wife? He has none
All the loving is now done solo
Is that the opposite of the sign that was up in a barn I used to keep my horse at? "Wanted: Man with truck and trailer. Please send picture of truck and trailer."
Ode to the lonely banjo player...
Ode to the lonely banjo player...
There once was a man from Kilkenny
Whose fiddling was not worth a penny
It screeched and it howled
At the sessions they scowled
And the noise drove away his sweet Jenny
So the accordion he decided to try
A vintage old box he did buy
But the bellows were leaky
And the keys were all squeaky
So his dear sweet Kathleen said “Good-bye!”
Of the bodhran he soon became fond
With his new love he thought he could bond
But the tipper did fly
And it poked out her eye
And that’s how he lost his Siobhan
The tin whistle would surely work best
A high F one he thought he would test
What horrible sounds!
To drive mad even hounds!
Sweet Eileen ran away from his nest
Exclaiming, while sipping his tea
“A mighty young piper I’ll be!”
From the Pakistan border
Some “pipes” he did order
And Bridget soon fled to Tralee
So now, our friend plays the banjo
There’s really no place he can go
Sure, the picking is fun,
But a wife? He has none
All the loving is now done solo
- Steven Hawson
# Posted on November 6th 2011 by Steven Hawson
Re: Ode to the lonely banjo player...
Lovely!
# Posted on November 6th 2011 by Mattias Holm
Re: Ode to the lonely banjo player...
I'm from Kilkenny,.................... I think I know that guy!
# Posted on November 7th 2011 by Backer
Re: Ode to the lonely banjo player...
Wanted : Female who plays the tenor banjo, pleaSE SEND A PICTURE OF YOUR BANJO
# Posted on November 7th 2011 by dangermouse
Re: Ode to the lonely banjo player...
Is that the opposite of the sign that was up in a barn I used to keep my horse at? "Wanted: Man with truck and trailer. Please send picture of truck and trailer."
# Posted on November 7th 2011 by DrSilverSpear