Old Dan Tucker (porch music)

Lew Dite with his banjo uke. "Just uke the bastards"
This is the oldest American song that I know.

THE WORDS & CHORDS TO THIS SONG AT:
www.youtube.com/LDsongscreen

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Music

Tags:

• Lew
• Dite
• banjo
• uke

[Bigoeastlake]

OMG, I learned to play the Uke about 60 years ago in Hawaii, but I've always loved the banjo. A year ago I bought a banjolele and have been looking for just the right song to get started with. (Sweet Leilani with a banjolele just didn't do the trick.)

I'm gonna listen to this till my ears fall off.

Love it!

Richard in California

[2007SHBHSH1997RENTON]

that was soooooooooooo AWESOME!!! I have always loved that song but didn't know all the words! My dad sings it to my 5 year old son and my son is always singing it! GREAT JOB!!!!

[IncredableDrE]

@Lewdite

Amazing rendition! I my self own like 10 full sized banjos. I play for like 3 years (not to long, more into playing piano and Bari and alto sax). But this is great ;).

Also I like you have a fine looking property. Lake side by the looks of it. Nice

[StevesLens]

Cool! I like your version of it.

[runly1]

LOVE IT!!!!!!!

[somuchbeautyindirt3]

That was fun! :)

[htwahsbORhtwabbb1512]

This is mr. Edwards song in little house on the prairie

[SamBrennan94]

Oh Dan Tucker you lazy fucker (8)

[Hikikomori013]

Old Dan Tucker is credited to Daniel Decatur Emmett, 1830. The tune might actually be much older, though.

[lewdite]

@megadork456 Good guess!

[megadork456]

@yojialjimbo

This is just a guese, but I'd dassume it's a pun off of "Just nuke the bastards", which whould be the prefered style of warfar for the malevolently minded.