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Lyr Req: Sleep, little baby, sleepy

GUEST,charliecares@yahoo.com 03 May 02 - 02:37 PM
Brían 03 May 02 - 04:14 PM
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Subject: Sleep, little baby, sleepy
From: GUEST,charliecares@yahoo.com
Date: 03 May 02 - 02:37 PM

I'm trying to locate a song that I heard years ago. If I'm not mistaken (which is certainly possible) it was on a Doc Watson recording. If I were a contestant on a quiz show and pressed for some kind of answer, I'd say the author was Jimmie Rodgers. I've no idea if that's actually so, but that's the kind of feel the song has. It's in waltz time.

"Sleep, little baby, sleepy..." - those are the only lines I can recall, though I can produce a bit more of the melody. They may be the first lines of the first verse, or perhaps of the refrain.

Can anyone help me ou


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sleep, little baby, sleepy
From: Brían
Date: 03 May 02 - 04:14 PM

Its a Jimmie Rodgers song. There is a thread on yodeling that goes into the fascinating origins of this song.

Brían


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Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Sleep, little baby, sleepy
From: GUEST
Date: 03 May 02 - 05:02 PM

It's been posted a few times here.

Click Here for one example


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