Pale moon shining on the fields below
Darkies crooning songs soft and low
Needn't tell me so because I know
It's sleepy time down south
Soft winds blowing through the pinewood trees
Folks down there live a life of ease
When old mammy falls upon her knees
It's sleepy time down south
Steamboats on the river a-coming, a-going
Splashing the night away
Hear those banjos ringing
The darkies are singing
They dance till the break of day
Dear old southland with his dreamy songs
Takes me back there where I belong
How I'd love to be in mammy's arms
When it's sleepy time down south
Homesick, tired, how my mammy's voice keeps calling
When the dusty night is falling down
Southland, southland
How you're pulling at my heart strings
Let me tell you what your name brings for me
Pale moon's shining on the fields below
Darkies crooning songs soft and low
Needn't tell me so because I know
It's sleepy time down south
Soft winds blowing through the pinewood trees
Folks down there live a life of ease
When old mammy falls upon her knees
It's sleepy time down south
Steamboats on the river a-coming, a-going
Splashing the night away
Hear those banjos ringing
The darkies are singing
They dance till the break of day
Dear old southland with his dreamy songs
Take me back there where I belong
How I'd love to be in mammy's arms
When it's sleepy time down south
Paul Robeson - When It's Sleepy Time Down South Lyrics
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Pale moon shining on the fields below
Darkies crooning songs soft and low
Needn't tell me so because I know
It's sleepy time down south
Soft winds blowing through the pinewood trees
Folks down there live a life of ease
When old mammy falls upon her knees
It's sleepy time down south
Steamboats on the river a-coming, a-going
Splashing the night away
Hear those banjos ringing
The darkies are singing
They dance till the break of day
Dear old southland with his dreamy songs
Takes me back there where I belong
How I'd love to be in mammy's arms
When it's sleepy time down south
Homesick, tired, how my mammy's voice keeps calling
When the dusty night is falling down
Southland, southland
How you're pulling at my heart strings
Let me tell you what your name brings for me
Pale moon's shining on the fields below
Darkies crooning songs soft and low
Needn't tell me so because I know
It's sleepy time down south
Soft winds blowing through the pinewood trees
Folks down there live a life of ease
When old mammy falls upon her knees
It's sleepy time down south
Steamboats on the river a-coming, a-going
Splashing the night away
Hear those banjos ringing
The darkies are singing
They dance till the break of day
Dear old southland with his dreamy songs
Take me back there where I belong
How I'd love to be in mammy's arms
When it's sleepy time down south
Darkies crooning songs soft and low
Needn't tell me so because I know
It's sleepy time down south
Soft winds blowing through the pinewood trees
Folks down there live a life of ease
When old mammy falls upon her knees
It's sleepy time down south
Steamboats on the river a-coming, a-going
Splashing the night away
Hear those banjos ringing
The darkies are singing
They dance till the break of day
Dear old southland with his dreamy songs
Takes me back there where I belong
How I'd love to be in mammy's arms
When it's sleepy time down south
Homesick, tired, how my mammy's voice keeps calling
When the dusty night is falling down
Southland, southland
How you're pulling at my heart strings
Let me tell you what your name brings for me
Pale moon's shining on the fields below
Darkies crooning songs soft and low
Needn't tell me so because I know
It's sleepy time down south
Soft winds blowing through the pinewood trees
Folks down there live a life of ease
When old mammy falls upon her knees
It's sleepy time down south
Steamboats on the river a-coming, a-going
Splashing the night away
Hear those banjos ringing
The darkies are singing
They dance till the break of day
Dear old southland with his dreamy songs
Take me back there where I belong
How I'd love to be in mammy's arms
When it's sleepy time down south
Writer: Clarence Muse, Leon Rene, Otis Rene
Copyright: Lyrics © OTIS RENE PUBLICATIONS, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Shapiro Bernstein & Co Inc
Copyright: Lyrics © OTIS RENE PUBLICATIONS, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Shapiro Bernstein & Co Inc
Performed By: Paul Robeson
Language: English
Length: 3:25
Written by: Clarence Muse, Leon Rene, Otis Rene