A member of one of my hospital singing groups gave me these verses - she was keen we had the happy ending to the song.

I ululused to playlaylay my ololold banjololo
And relelest it ololon my kneeleeleeleeleeleelee
But nowlowlow my strililings are brololoken instead
It's nololo more ululuse to melelelelelele

I tooloolook it tololo the meleleners shololop
To seeleelee what helele could dololololololo
He sailailaid your strililings are brololoken alaland
It's nololo more ululuse to youloulouloulouloulou

The banjo said you've loved me well
And I want to be played by you
Please take me to another shop
And see what you can do

We went along to the corner shop
And to the cobbler's too
The cobbler looked and scratched his head
Saying here's a real to do

A fisherman listened to my lament
And fetched a length of line
Let's hook the line along the length
Now here, your banjo's fine

My banjo sings and plays with glee
And my dear old friend's come back to me
I play my banjo on my knee
And my banjo's lots of use to me