When It’s Sleepy Time Down South

Lyrics

[Intro] Homesick, tired, all alone in a big city Why should everybody pity me? Night time's falling, and I'm yearning for Virginie Hospitality within ye calls me [Verse 1] Pale moon shining on the fields below Folks all crooning songs soft and low You needn't tell me so, because I know It's sleepy time down south [Verse 2] Softs winds blowing through the pinewood trees Folks down there live a life of ease When old mammy falls upon her knees It's sleepy time down south [Bridge] Steamboats on the river, a-comin', a-goin' Splashing the night away Hear those banjos ringing, the folks are all singing They dance 'til break of day, say [Verse 3] Dear old Southland with its dreamy songs Take me back there where I belong Oh, how I'd love to be in mammy's arms When it's sleepy time down south [Verse 4] Dear old Southland with its dreamy songs Take me back there where I belong Oh, how I'd love to be in mammy's arms When it's sleepy time down south [Outro] When it's sleepy time down south When it's sleepy time down south