O'er the grave where the banjo I buried.

I buried it darkly at dead of night,

The sods with a fire shovel turning.

My heart throbbing fast with a wild delight,

And revenge in my heart fiercely burning.

No useless fingers I close to it pressed,

Not as much as once did I sound it,

But I laid it gently down to its rest,

With a Daily News wrapped round it.

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