The song was a popular parlor song, and sheet music is present in the Nat. Library of Australia, Duke University, English libraries, etc.

Lyr. Add: Doan Ye Cry, Ma Honey
Words and Music Albert W. Noll
1
Hm, hm, when I was a little baby,
I remember long ago
Daddy would sit all ebnin
An play de ole banjo
Mammy would den call me 'honey,'
Take me upon her knee,
And foldin' me to her bosom,
Would sing dis song to me,

Doan ye cry ma honey,
Doan ye weep no mo',
Mammy's gwine to hold her baby,
All de udder black trash
Sleepin' on de flo',
Mammy only lubs her boy.

Doan ye cry, ma honey, etc.
2
When I got emancipation,
Den I t'ought I'd like to roam,
I left de ole plantation
To find a northern home.
Soon I got ma dear ole Dinah
Den me pickaninny Jim,
And Dinah would hold him closely
And sing dis song to him.

Doan ye cry, ma honey,
Doan ye weep no mo',
All de udder black trash sleepin' on de flo',
Mammy only lubs her boy. etc.
3
Hm, hm, now Ise getting old and weary,
Now ma hair is turning gray,
I is so drefful lonely,
Since Dinah went away,
Mammy too I know is waitin',
Standin' on the shining sho',
I gladly would give ma freedom,
To hear her sing once mo'

Doan ye cry, ma honey, etc.