Does anyone recognize any of these lyrics? My grandmother, who grew up in southern Appalachia, used to sing it to us. It had a beautiful, haunting melody:

Hush, my pickaninny, for I'm goin' to tell you a story
Hush, my little babe
It's about a little rabbit, and his mammy called him Orey
Hush, my little babe.
He lived down in a cornfield with a palm leaf for his bed.
He got scared when it grew nighttime, and he covered up his head.
Hush, my little babe.
Mammy's little honey
Go to sleep now sonny
Mammy's little honey boy.

Hush, my pickanniny, it's a-time now you were sleepin'
Hush, my little babe
And the goblins sho will get you, if you don't a-quit your peepin'
Hush my little babe
...a phrase I don't remember .., you must quit your wicked ways
And the lark will come and wake you at the dawnin' of the day
Hush, my little babe
Mammy's little honey
Go to sleep now sonny
Mammy's little honey boy.