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I Like Banjo Music

(aka I Like Mountain Music)

Words by Marilyn Peterson - Sacramento Banjo Band

"I Like Mountain Music" - Words by James Cavanaugh, Music by Frank Weldon - 1933

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8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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I Like Banjo Music
I Like Banjo music,  Good old Dixie music,
Played by a big ol' Banjo Band.
When I hear the rhythm,  I want to clap right with 'em.
I think the tunes are really grand.

I've heard the fiddle play,  the horn and the clarinet,

But, I must say the banjo plays the grandest music yet.

So give me banjo music,  Happy banjo music,
Played by a big ol' Banjo Band.

 

I Like Mountain Music
I like mountain music, good old mountain music,
Played by a real hillbilly band.
Give me rural rhythm, let me sway right with 'em,
I think the melodies are grand.
I have heard Hawaiians play in the land of the wicki-wacki,
But I must say you can't beat "Turkey in the straw", by cracky!
I like mountain music, good old mountain music
Played by a real hillbilly band.
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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Listen to Brother Oswald perform "I Like Mountain Music" (youtube)

 

Watch the Hillbilly Harmony Hounds perform "I Like Mountain Music" (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com