Lyr ADD: Let Your Banjo Ring (Steve Tilston)

Subject: Let your Banjo ring
From: Les b (U.K.)
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 10:41 AM

Hi Has anybody got the lyrics for Steve Tilston's 'Let your Banjo ring'?
Cheers Les

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Let your Banjo ring
From: Sorcha
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 11:17 AM

Would that be the same one Dolly Parton sings? No credits given on the page.......

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Let your Banjo ring
From: Les b (U.K.)
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 11:26 AM

Thanks Sorcha, but no it's not.
Steve Tilston is a great English singer songwriter and guitarist. Check out Steve Tilston. But unfortunatly no lyrics.
suppose i'll have to do it the hard way (listening & writing).
Cheers Les

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Let your Banjo ring
From: Sorcha
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 11:29 AM

Yea, I saw that, but I didn't know. I'll look again.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Let your Banjo ring
From: Sorcha
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 11:35 AM

I didn't find it, but it's in the Feb/Mar/Apr '97 Sing Out if anybody has that.

Subject: Lyr Add: LET YOUR BANJO RING (Steve Tilston)
From: Lin in Kansas
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 04:31 PM

Here ya go. Want an ABC tune to go with it?

Lin

LET YOUR BANJO RING
Words and Music by Steve Tilston
Copyright Tilston and Happy Valley Music BMI
From 1966 Flying Fish release All Under the Sun

Some dig for freedom,
Some dig for gold,
Some will leave their bones
Behind in the clay so cold.
One man gets lucky,
Ten men, they fail,
Wake up in the morning,
And their world is up for sale.

CHORUS (2X)
Swing and turn,
Live and learn,
Let your banjo ring,
Oh, let your banjo ring.

Some ride the skyways,
Some ride a mule,
Some they play the parlour pipes
While others play the fool.
Some are believers,
Others choose to doubt,
Some believe they're chosen
To keep others frozen out.

CHORUS

Some live in igloos,
Some in marble towers,
Some are locked in prison cells,
Waste away the hours.
Some would sell their mother
For a bowl of rice
While others chase the polar bears
Away across the ice.

CHORUS

Some will cross mountains,
Some stay at home,
Some are born to fence the Earth
Where others choose to roam.
Some keep their treasures
Locked deep within.
Other men's dreams are burst
By a safety pin.

CHORUS

Some dig for freedom
Some dig for gold,
Some will leave their bones
Behind in the clay so cold.
In the clay so cold.
In the clay so cold.
In the clay so cold.

Subject: Tune Add: LET YOUR BANJO RING (Steve Tilston)
From: Lin in Kansas
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 04:45 PM

Just in case:

MIDI file: LETYOU~1.MID

Timebase: 1024

TimeSig: 2/2 48 8
Key: G
Tempo: 120 (500000 microsec/crotchet)
Name: Acoustic Grand Piano
Start
0000 1 64 064 1536 0 64 000 0000 1 67 064 1024 0 67 000 0000 1 64 064 0512 0 64 000 0000 1 62 064 0512 0 62 000 0000 1 64 064 2560 0 64 000 2048 1 71 064 1536 0 71 000 0000 1 71 064 1024 0 71 000 0000 1 71 064 0512 0 71 000 0000 1 69 064 0512 0 69 000 0000 1 67 064 0512 0 67 000 0000 1 64 064 2048 0 64 000 2048 1 76 064 0512 0 76 000 0000 1 74 064 1024 0 74 000 0000 1 71 064 1024 0 71 000 0000 1 71 064 1536 0 71 000 0000 1 69 064 1536 0 69 000 0000 1 67 064 0512 0 67 000 0000 1 64 064 2048 0 64 000 0000 1 67 064 0512 0 67 000 0000 1 67 064 0512 0 67 000 0000 1 69 064 2048 0 69 000 0000 1 62 064 0512 0 62 000 0000 1 64 064 2560 0 64 000 10240 1 64 064 1536 0 64 000 0000 1 67 064 1024 0 67 000 0000 1 62 064 1536 0 62 000 0000 1 62 064 0512 0 62 000 0000 1 64 064 1536 0 64 000 2048 1 71 064 1536 0 71 000 0000 1 71 064 1536 0 71 000 0000 1 71 064 1024 0 71 000 0000 1 69 064 0512 0 69 000 0000 1 67 064 0512 0 67 000 0000 1 64 064 2048 0 64 000 1024 1 76 064 0512 0 76 000 0000 1 74 064 1024 0 74 000 0000 1 71 064 1536 0 71 000 0000 1 71 064 0512 0 71 000 0000 1 69 064 1536 0 69 000 0000 1 67 064 0512 0 67 000 0000 1 64 064 1536 0 64 000 0000 1 64 064 0512 0 64 000 0000 1 67 064 1536 0 67 000 0000 1 67 064 0512 0 67 000 0000 1 69 064 1536 0 69 000 0000 1 69 064 0512 0 69 000 0000 1 67 064 0512 0 67 000 0000 1 64 064 2048 0 64 000 8192 1 71 064 1024 0 71 000 0000 1 71 064 1024 0 71 000 0000 1 74 064 4096 0 74 000 0000 1 76 064 1024 0 76 000 1024 1 71 064 0512 0 71 000 0000 1 69 064 0512 0 69 000 0000 1 67 064 1024 0 67 000 0000 1 67 064 2048 0 67 000 0000 1 69 064 0512 0 69 000 0000 1 71 064 3584 0 71 000 3072 1 69 064 0512 0 69 000 0000 1 69 064 0512 0 69 000 0000 1 67 064 1024 0 67 000 0000 1 66 064 1024 0 66 000 0000 1 64 064 2048 0 64 000 0000 1 67 064 2048 0 67 000 0000 1 69 064 1024 0 69 000 0000 1 69 064 0512 0 69 000 0000 1 67 064 1024 0 67 000 0000 1 66 064 1536 0 66 000 0000 1 64 064 1024 0 64 000 1024 1 71 064 1024 0 71 000 0000 1 71 064 1024 0 71 000 0000 1 74 064 4096 0 74 000 0000 1 76 064 1024 0 76 000 1024 1 71 064 0512 0 71 000 0000 1 69 064 0512 0 69 000 0000 1 67 064 1024 0 67 000 0000 1 67 064 2048 0 67 000 0000 1 69 064 0512 0 69 000 0000 1 71 064 3584 0 71 000 3072 1 69 064 0512 0 69 000 0000 1 69 064 0512 0 69 000 0000 1 67 064 1024 0 67 000 0000 1 66 064 1024 0 66 000 0000 1 64 064 2048 0 64 000 0000 1 67 064 2048 0 67 000 0000 1 69 064 1024 0 69 000 0000 1 69 064 0512 0 69 000 0000 1 67 064 1024 0 67 000 0000 1 66 064 1536 0 66 000 0000 1 64 064 2048 0 64 000
End

This program is worth the effort of learning it.

To download the March 10 MIDItext 98 software and get instructions on how to use it click here

ABC format:

X:1
T:Acoustic Grand Piano
M:2/2
Q:1/4=120
K:G
E3G2EDE|-E8|B8|-B3B2BAG|E8|ed2B2B3|A3GE4|
GGA4DE|-E8|E8|-E8|E8|-E8|E8|-E3G5|-G8|G5D3|
-D8|D8|-DE7|B3B3B2|AGE6|ed2B3BA|-A2GE3EG|
-G2GA3AG|E8|-E8|E4B4|-B6B2|d8|e4BAG2|G4AB3|
-B8|B2A6|-A3AG2F2|E4G4|A2AG2F3|E4B2B2|d8|
e4BAG2|G4AB3|-B8|B2A6|-A3AG2F2|E4G4|A2AG2F3|
E4||

Subject: RE: Lyr & Tune Add: Let your Banjo ring
From: Lin in Kansas
Date: 11 Nov 01 - 05:26 PM

I keep forgetting to note LYR ADDs. Sorry....

Lin

Subject: Lyr Req: Let your banjo ring - steve tilston
From: GUEST,adri
Date: 24 Feb 03 - 01:53 PM

Who can help me with the words and chords for "let your banjo ring" by steve tilston?

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Let your banjo ring - steve tilston
From: Sorcha
Date: 24 Feb 03 - 01:55 PM

Already posted, right here.

Subject: Chords Add: LET YOUR BANJO RING (Steve Tilston)
From: Cluin
Date: 24 Feb 03 - 02:45 PM

Lyrics were posted, (and ABC) but no chords. Here ya go:

(Intro: start with an Em, pulling off and hammering on the E note on the D string)

(Em)Some dig for freedom, some dig for (Am)gold,
(Em)Some will leave their (Am)bones behind,
(C)in the (D)clay so (Em)cold   (C)(D)(Em)
(Em)One man gets lucky,ten men they (Am)fail
(Em)Wake up in the morning, and
their (C)world is (D)up for (Em)sale (C)(D)(Em)

Swing and (G)tur-(D)ur-(Am)urn
Live and (C)lear-(D)ear-(G)earn,
(D)Let your banjo (Em)ring,
Oh, (D)let your banjo (Em)ring

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Let your banjo ring - steve tilston
From: Cluin
Date: 24 Feb 03 - 02:46 PM

Whoops. Forgot an Am chord in the 5th line above, on "morning".

Subject: Chord Add: Let your banjo ring - steve tilston
From: Sorcha
Date: 24 Feb 03 - 03:46 PM

Add in the box for Cluin's post of 24 Feb 03 - 02:45 PM and the one just prior, this thread.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Let your banjo ring - steve tilston
From: GUEST,Adri
Date: 24 Feb 03 - 05:47 PM

Thanks very much. I recently saw Steve doing this song and since my husband is a banjoplayer, I thought it would be nice to do this song together with him. So thank a lot!!

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Let your banjo ring - steve tilston
From: Cluin
Date: 25 Feb 03 - 12:45 AM

Cool! Have fun with it. It's a good one. (and in a good key for the banjo)

Subject: Lyr Req: Let your Banjo Ring - Steve Tilson
From: GUEST,Annie
Date: 28 Nov 05 - 09:45 PM

Not sure if It was written by Tilson but it was him I heard sing it.

Has anyone the words for "Let Your Banjo Ring"?

Many Thanks

Annie

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Let your Banjo Ring - Steve Tilson
From: GUEST,Annie
Date: 28 Nov 05 - 09:47 PM

sorry should be Tilston

Subject: Lyr Add: LET YOUR BANJO RING (Steve Tilston)
From: GUEST,Paul
Date: 28 Nov 05 - 10:06 PM

LET YOUR BANJO RING
Words and Music by Steve Tilston


Some dig for freedom,
Some dig for gold,
Some will leave their bones
Behind in the clay so cold.
One man gets lucky,
Ten men, they fail,
Wake up in the morning,
And their world is up for sale.

CHORUS (2X)
Swing and turn,
Live and learn,
Let your banjo ring,
Oh, let your banjo ring.

Some ride the skyways,
Some ride a mule,
Some they play the parlour pipes
While others play the fool.
Some are believers,
Others choose to doubt,
Some believe they're chosen
To keep others frozen out.

CHORUS

Some live in igloos,
Some in marble towers,
Some are locked in prison cells,
Waste away the hours.
Some would sell their mother
For a bowl of rice
While others chase the polar bears
Away across the ice.

CHORUS

Some will cross mountains,
Some stay at home,
Some are born to fence the Earth
Where others choose to roam.
Some keep their treasures
Locked deep within.
Other men's dreams are burst
By a safety pin.

CHORUS

Some dig for freedom
Some dig for gold,
Some will leave their bones
Behind in the clay so cold.
In the clay so cold.
In the clay so cold.
In the clay so cold.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Let your Banjo Ring - Steve Tilson
From: GUEST,Annie
Date: 28 Nov 05 - 10:08 PM

many thanks

If I'd spelt his name right in the first place I would have found them :-(

Annie