THE NIGHTMARE
Billy Meyers; Al Handler; Len Riley. ©1926
As sung by Cab Calloway and His Orchestra, 1931

Slumber never comes around till dawn.
My head starts a-reelin'.
I dreamed that I'm kneelin'.
It seems that I'm kneelin'
On the ceilin' of my room.
Nightmare sure have got me in the air,
And it's no use denyin',
And there's no denyin',
I dreamed that I'm dyin'
And I'm goin' in my tomb.