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Hush-a-bye, ma baby, slumbertime is comin’ soon;
Rest yo’ head upon my breast while Mammy hums a tune;
The sandman is callin’ where shadows are fallin’,
While the soft breezes sigh as in days long gone by.
‘Way down in Missouri where I heard this melody,
When I was a Pickaninny on ma Mammy’s knee;
The darkies were hummin’,
Their banjos were strummin’
So sweet and low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Strum, strum, strum, strum, strum.
Seems I hear those banjos playin’ once again,
Hum, hum, hum, hum, hum,
That same old plantive strain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hear that mournful melody,
It just haunts you the whole day long,
And you wander in dreams back to Dixie, it seems,
When you hear that oldtime song.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hush-a-bye, ma baby, go to sleep on Mammy’s knee.
Journey back to Dixie land in dreams again with me;
It seems like yo’ Mammy was there once again,
And the darkies were strumin’ that same old refrain
‘Way down in Missouri where I learned this lullaby,
When the stars were blinkin’ and the moon was climbin’ high,
And I hear Mammy Cloe, as in days long ago
Singin’ hush-a-bye<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nSung here by Fred Feild:<\/p>\n\n\n\n