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Thread #31222 Message #2137939
Posted By: GUEST,Alex Zachopoulos
31-Aug-07 - 05:22 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Go to Sleep My Baby / Wyoming Lullaby
Subject: Lyr Add: LITTLE ALABAMA COON (Hattie Starr)
Got it after some more googlein'. Here it is:
http://bartleby.com/248/1469.html
Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833—1908). An American Anthology, 1787—1900. 1900.
1469. LITTLE ALABAMA COON By Hattie Starr
I 's a little Alabama Coon, And I has n't been born very long; I 'member seein' a great big round moon; I 'member hearin' one sweet song. When dey tote me down to de cotton field, Dar I roll and I tumble in de sun; While my daddy pick de cotton, mammy watch me grow, And dis am de song she sung:
Go to sleep, my little pickaninny,— Brer' Fox 'll catch you if yo' don't; Slumber on de bosom of yo' ole Mammy Jinny,— Mammy's gwine to swat yo' if you won't.
Sh! sh! sh! Lu-la, lu-la lu-la lu-la lu! Underneaf de silver Southern moon; Rock-a-by! hush-a-by! Mammy's little baby, Mammy's little Alabama Coon.
Dis hyar little Alabama Coon Specks to be a growed-up man some day; Dey ¢s gwine to christen me hyar very soon,— My name 's gwine to be "Henry Clay." When I 's big, I 's gwine to wed a yellow gal; Den we 'll hab pickaninnies ob our own; Den dat yellow gal shall rock 'em on her bosom, And dis am de song she 'll croon:
Go to sleep, my little pickaninny,— Brer' Fox 'll catch you if yo' don't; Slumber on de bosom of yo' ole Mammy Jinny,— Mammy's gwine to swat yo' if you won't.
Sh! sh! sh! Lu-la, lu-la lu-la lu-la lu! Underneaf de silver Southern moon; Rock-a-by! hush-a-by! Mammy's little baby, Mammy's little Alabama Coon.