Come, Father, teach me,

Teach me the banjo.

Show me how to pluck the strings,

The strings of the southern banjo.

Come, Papa, bring me,

Bring me the banjo.

Teach me the rhythm and the beat,

The music of the southern banjo.

Take me, Daddy, take me

Take me to the banjo.

Bring me down to the bayou

To play the southern banjo.

Sing, old man, sing,

Sing with me to the banjo.

Take the tempo and the rhyme

From the pleasing southern banjo