The Tall Tale of Banjo Kablooey

[Fast country guitar] [Intro - quick yodel solo] Yodel-ay-hee-hoo! Yodel-ay-hee-hoo! Yodel-ay-hee-kablooey! [Verse 1] Banjo kah Blue ee was the name of a man Who had seven good fingers and a fuse in each hand Lived in a shack where the windows would rattle Like his house was caught in the midst of a battle He had a cat named Bruce, hung 'round for years With a snaggle tooth smile and one missing ear He used to be white, no one recalls that far back Since years of napping in smoke done and charred him pitch black [Chorus] Boom it ee bang, there goes Banjo again Startlin' the cows and the roosters and hens If there weren't an explosion, well he'll make it somehow Tomorrow was later, and he needed one now [Instrumental] [Verse 2] When he wasn't divining gunpowder at home He spent the rest of his time dynamiting hard stone Down in the mines, he carved a way for the men But on this day instead of one stick, he used ten The crew crawled from that cave-in not a second to late Banjo couldn't deny it, a sooty smile on his face "You're usin' more charges than there's rocks in a mine!" The foreman's yelled it before, but this would be the last time "Go somewhere else if you want to blow yourself to bits." Banjo kicked at the dirt as he muttered [Spoken] "Gall dang it." [Chorus] Boomity bang, there goes Banjo again Causing grown men to weep and cry out ("AYE MEN!!") If there weren't an explosion, oh he'd make it somehow Tomorrow was later, and he needed one now [Instrumental] [Verse 3] His lust for big booms just continued to grow When he met the love of his life at an Independence Day show Now Banjo's sellin' fireworks from his front door He had quite the collection, some you'd never seen before Roman Candles, Sky Rockets and a couple Saxon Stars Bengal Lights, Pinwheels and a European Pay tar But the sign on the door said, "See Bruce, the shopkeep" And when they did he just meowed and went back to sleep [Chorus] Boomity bang, there goes Banjo again Even if metaphorical, the business went up in flames If there weren't an explosion hell he'd make it somehow Tomorrow was later, and he needed one NOW [Instrumental] [Verse 4] Banjo learned there's no money when you keep all your stock Now he's got a warrant for the debtors cell block Banjo looked at his friend and asked "Are you coming too?" Bruce blinked his eyes slowly, gave a soft little mew Banjo stood 'mongst the rockets with a match glowing bright The ground a hundred years later still shakes from that night [Chorus] Boomity bang, there goes Banjo again Past the birds, past the clouds, into unknown terrain When most folks go up, they'll come back down soon But Banjo and Bruce were blown clear to the moon! [Quick yodel riff] Yodel-ay-hee-hoo! Yodel-ay-hee-BOOM! [Verse 5] They both bounced down to that flat grey loam Bruce went off to dig a hole, 'cuz he forgot to go at home "Well, that turned out a little different than I planned" "Wish I would a had my secret stash of ole whiz bangs" As Banjo teered up, Bruce hollared cross the plain When he saw what Bruce had spotted, the tears couldn't be contained [Final Chorus] Boomity bang, there goes Banjo again And the moon's geography ain't never been the same When he found his ole shack sitting right where it should be And thousands of fireworks unlit at his feet [Yodel solo] Yodel-ay-hee-hoo! Yodel-ay-hee-hoo! Yodel-ay-hee-kablooey! [Spoken] "Gall dang it."