Swinging Vine 1920

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 September 2010
2010

Ev'ry night when I go to bed
I hear a little song of yore,
When my Mammy rocked her drowsy boy
and he slept on the cabin floor.
I can see her ev'ry night
As he would rock and hold me tight,
I can see her standin' in the door and say:

Little pickaninny swingin'
on the swingin' vine,
Little pickaninny hummin' a lullaby;
My little dreamchild
You're singin'
Sweet Child you're swingin'
Singin' songs,
dreaming dreams
What a wonderful world it seems
To you there on the swingin' vine,
With birds a singin' songs divine
I tell you dream flow'r
Keep swingin' Dream child
keep singin',
And you'll be happy,
you'll be happy too

Little pickaninny swingin'
on the swingin' vine,
Little pickaninny hummin' a lullaby;
My little dreamchild
You're singin'
Sweet Child you're swingin'
Singin' songs,
dreaming dreams
What a wonderful world it seems
To you there on the swingin' vine,
With birds a singin' songs divine
I tell you dream flow'r
Keep swingin' Dream child
keep singin',
And you'll be happy,
you'll be happy too
And the world would be happy with you.

Now I'm old and my hair is grey,
But I think of the days of yore.
When my mammy rocked her drowsy boy
And he slept on the cabin floor.
And I can see her yet
When the day was done
and the sun was set,
She would take me in her arms
and whisper in my ear:

Little pickaninny swingin'
on the swingin' vine,
Little pickaninny hummin' a lullaby;
My little dreamchild
You're singin'
Sweet Child you're swingin'
Singin' songs,
dreaming dreams
What a wonderful world it seems
To you there on the swingin' vine,
With birds a singin' songs divine
I tell you dream flow'r
Keep swingin' Dream child
keep singin',
And you'll be happy,
you'll be happy too

Little pickaninny swingin'
on the swingin' vine,
Little pickaninny hummin' a lullaby;
My little dreamchild
You're singin'
Sweet Child you're swingin'
Singin' songs,
dreaming dreams
What a wonderful world it seems
To you there on the swingin' vine,
With birds a singin' songs divine
I tell you dream flow'r
Keep swingin' Dream child
keep singin',
And you'll be happy,
you'll be happy too
And the world would be happy with you.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Swinging Vine 1920
by Ralph L.Grosvenor
© 1920 by Darch Inc. - New York
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 30 September 2010 at 15.06
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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