Down Kentucky Way 1919

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 29 Apr 2009
2009

Down Kentucky Way,
a little pickaninnie's cryin'
Something's happened in his play
dat's put the whole world wrong.
By de cabin door,
he hears his lubin' mammy sighin'
as she takes him from de floor
and croons dis little song.

Rest yo' head on mammy's arm
yo' broken hearted coon,
she will keep yo' from all harm
dem worries come too soon.
'Course I know you've lots of troubles
but dey'll fade away like bubbles
fade in yoh dreams chile 'fore day,
mind what I say,
Weep no mo' my baby and rest,
soon I'll put yo' in
yoh little snowy cotton nest.
While his mammy's softly hummin'
banjo's 'cross de fields am strummin'
down Kentucky Way.

Eber since the day
yo' mammy found yo'
little honey
out dar in de sugar cane
you've been her "precious lamb"
Don't care what dey say,
I'd rather hab' yo' chile den money,
yo' de sunshine after rain,
de only coon what am!

Rest yo' head on mammy's arm
yo' broken hearted coon,
she will keep yo' from all harm
dem worries come too soon.
'Course I know you've lots of troubles
but dey'll fade away like bubbles
fade in yoh dreams chile 'fore day,
mind what I say,
Weep no mo' my baby and rest,
soon I'll put yo' in
yoh little snowy cotton nest.
While his mammy's softly hummin'
banjo's 'cross de fields am strummin'
down Kentucky Way.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Down Kentucky Way 1919
A Darkey Lullaby
by James W.Casey
© MCMXIX by Echo Mus.Pub.Co. - Seattle, Wash.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 29 April 2009 at 17.16
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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