When Uncle Joe Plays a Rag on His Old Banjo/ music by Theodor Morse; words by D.A. Esrom

              Lyrics:
First verse
Down in Dixie lives old Uncle Joe, Down in Dixie that's the place to go, Where you sure will hear some music grand. Sweetest melodies in all the land; Ev'ry night beneath the southern moon, Uncle Joe would play a raggy tune, Things begin to hum, When he starts to strum A rag upon his old banjo.
Chorus
When Uncle Joe plays a rag on his old banjo, Ev’ry body starts a-swaying to and fro, Mammy waddles all around the cabin floor. Yelling “Uncle Joe, gimme more, gimme more,” Folks come a-running when they hear the sound, Singing and a-dancing ‘till they shake the ground. When Uncle Joe (plankity plank) Plays a rag (plankity plank) On his old banjo. When Uncle Joe plays a rag on his old banjo, Ev’ry body starts a-swaying to and fro, Mammy waddles all around the cabin floor. Yelling “Uncle Joe, gimme more, gimme more,” Folks come a-running when they hear the sound, Singing and a-dancing ‘till they shake the ground. When Uncle Joe (plankity plank) Plays a rag (plankity plank) On his old banjo.


Second verse
Ev’ry night outside the cabin door, You’ll see things you never saw before, Shufflin’ wing steps and Virginia reels, Old ones, young ones, kicking up their heels; Uncle Joe keeps playing all the while, Raggy tunes and in the latest style, “Go on, Uncle Joe, Keep on, Uncle Joe, A plunking on your old banjo.”