Tucky Home 1921

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 23 February 2011
2011

Old Kentucky cradled me
when I was born,
Old Kentucky how I miss
your field of corn,
Night time when I get to bed,
How I weep and toss my head,
I'll weep no more.
I'm goin' back instead.

Tuck me to sleep
in my old 'Tucky home
Cover me with Dixie skies
and leave me there alone.
Just let the sun kiss my cheeks ev'ry morn;
Like the kissin'
I've been missin'
from my mammy since I'm gone.
I ain't had a bit of rest
since I left my Mammy's nest
I can always rest the best
in her lovin' arms
Tuck me to sleep
in my old Tucky home
Let me lay there, stay there
never no more to roam.

Tuck me to sleep
in my old 'Tucky home
Cover me with Dixie skies
and leave me there alone.
Just let the sun kiss my cheeks ev'ry morn;
Like the kissin'
I've been missin'
from my mammy since I'm gone.
I ain't had a bit of rest
since I left my Mammy's nest
I can always rest the best
in her lovin' arms
Tuck me to sleep
in my old Tucky home
Let me lay there, stay there
never no more to roam.

Old Kentucky
smile upon a lonesome shack
dear old 'Tucky keep it bright
till I get back,
Make the shadows stay away
from my Mammy old and grey
She'd weep no more.
If she could hear me say.

Tuck me to sleep
in my old 'Tucky home
Cover me with Dixie skies
and leave me there alone.
Just let the sun kiss my cheeks ev'ry morn;
Like the kissin'
I've been missin'
from my mammy since I'm gone.
I ain't had a bit of rest
since I left my Mammy's nest
I can always rest the best
in her lovin' arms
Tuck me to sleep
in my old Tucky home
Let me lay there, stay there
never no more to roam.

Tuck me to sleep
in my old 'Tucky home
Cover me with Dixie skies
and leave me there alone.
Just let the sun kiss my cheeks ev'ry morn;
Like the kissin'
I've been missin'
from my mammy since I'm gone.
I ain't had a bit of rest
since I left my Mammy's nest
I can always rest the best
in her lovin' arms
Tuck me to sleep
in my old Tucky home
Let me lay there, stay there
never no more to roam.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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Tucky Home 1921
Music by Geo.W.Meyer
Lyrics by Sam.M.Lewis & Joe Young
© MCMXXI by Irving Berlin Inc. - New York City
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Wednesday 23 February 2011 at 12.26
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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