Warren Hellman's Banjo

I'm standing on Jordan’s shore

Standing on Jordan’s shore

And I ain't going to worry anymore

I'm standing on Jordan’s shore

Gonna lay my purse aside

Lay my purse aside

'Cause my money’s no good on the other side

Gonna lay my purse aside

Gonna carry my old banjo

Carry my old banjo

Because the devil won’t follow wherever I go

If I carry my old banjo

Gonna play that shady grove

Play that shady grove

Make my pallet down soft and low

Gonna play that shady grove

Gonna play that soldier’s joy

Play that soldier’s joy

Flop-eared mule and the red-haired boy

Gonna play that soldier’s joy

Gonna bile them cabbage down

Bile them cabbage down

Because the devil surely cannot stand that sound

When I bile them cabbage down, boys

Gonna carry my old banjo

Carry my old banjo

From the mountain high to the valley low

If I carry my old banjo

Gonna carry my old banjo

Carry my old banjo

'Cause the devil won’t follow wherever I go

If I carry my old banjo