Lyrics:
First verse
In a little cabin on the Swanee shore, Lives a little pickaninny heart so sore, Tears replace the smiling face that once he wore, Poor little Sammy; he misses Mammy; Once she used to rock him by the cabin door, Crooning pretty songs all day. Now she's not near him No one can cheer him When he starts to say.
Chorus
How I sigh for my Lullaby Mammy, She knows why I’m so lonesome and blue. It seems in all my dreams I’m always close to my Mammy, When I wake, she’s not in ole Alabamy; When I cry there’s no Rockabye Baby Bye and bye I keep hopeing that maybe she’ll send an angel down to get poor lonesome Sammy ‘Cause I want to be in heaven with my Rockabye Lullabye Mammy. How I sigh for my Lullaby Mammy, She knows why I’m so lonesome and blue. It seems in all my dreams I’m always close to my Mammy, When I wake, she’s not in ole Alabamy; When I cry there’s no Rockabye Baby Bye and bye I keep hopeing that maybe she’ll send an angel down to get poor lonesome Sammy ‘Cause I want to be in heaven with my Rockabye Lullabye Mammy.
Second verse
What would any little pickaninny do, Since his Mammy went away he’s sad and blue, Little Sammy wants to be an angel too, Her songs he mises; and tender kisses; He sits ‘round a sighin’ now the whole day through, Tear drops tricle down his cheeks. Down on the levee One heart is heavy Days seem just like weeks.
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