Recorded by Jim Lowe
Written by Fred Hertz and Charles Grean

C         F                C
I took my granny to a hootenanny
        G7                     C         Am
Now her silver hair is hanging down down down
       C                 F           G7
At the age of 93 she can sing in any key
         C                 G7                  C
She’s my hootenanny granny with a banjo on her knee


When the hootenanny came to town
F                            C
I took my gray haired granny down
                                G7
Much to my surprise she dug the scene
    C                           F
She traded in her walking stick for a banjo and a pick
    G7                                    C
And improvised six choruses of Good Night Irene

Repeat #1


She picked the Cotton Fields in G
F                             C
And then she rocked the Lemon Tree
                                       G7
She sang the Foggy Dew from night till dawn
    C
The Kingston Trio is the rage
    F
But add it up they’re not her age
          G7                                       C
She’s the one who knows where all the flowers have gone


She helped Michael row the boat to shore
F                              C
And when they hollered out for more
                                     G7
She sang a verse from Blowing in the Wind
    C
She helped John Henry lay some tracks
       F
Walked along with Reverend Black
          G7                                        C
While the crowd was walking out she sang Walk Right In

          F                C
I took my granny to a hootenanny
        G7                     C         Am
Now her silver hair is hanging down down down

       C                  F              G7
At the age of 93 now it’s Peter Paul and she
         C                 G7                  C   F C
She’s my hootenanny granny with a banjo on her knee