Billy Baxter's Boogieman 1909

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 9 June 2010
2010

Bye bye baby buntin'
daddy's gone a huntin'
Close your little eyes to sleep.
Boogieman won't get yer
Mamma's here to watch yer,
singin' ba ba ba black sheep.
Stars their vigil keepin'
All the world is sleepin'
Even little birds and bees;
Then's the time
the Jack O'Lantern Boogieman
Begins to peep among the trees.

Go to sleep my little drowsy babe,
Close your tiny eyes,
don't be afraid
The little birds in tree tops
all have gone to rest,
Safely 'neath the shelter
of their mother's breast.
Hushabye my baby
Slumber sleep.
Angels hover near you
while you sleep,
The Jack O'Lantern man
will catch you if he can
The Jack O'Lantern,
Jack O'Lantern Boogieman.

When the stars am peepin'
all the world am sleepin'
Then the Jack O'Lantern Man
'round the house comes stealin'
for the baby feelin'
He will eat you if he can.
See his eyes a blinkin'
of you he's a thinkin'
Shh my baby don't you cry;
For the Jack O'Lantern man
will surely get you
and away with you he'll fly.

Go to sleep my little drowsy babe,
Close your tiny eyes,
don't be afraid
The little birds in tree tops
all have gone to rest,
Safely 'neath the shelter
of their mother's breast.
Hushabye my baby
Slumber sleep.
Angels hover near you
while you sleep,
The Jack O'Lantern man
will catch you if he can
The Jack O'Lantern,
Jack O'Lantern Boogieman.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Billy Baxter's Boogieman 1909
by Sidney S.Toler
© MCMIX by Jos.M.Daly - Boston, Mass.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, london UK
on Wednesday 9 June 2010 at 13.38
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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