ROCK-A-BYE YOUR BABY WITH A DIXIE MELODY
From the Broadway Musical "Sinbad" (1918)
(Music: Jean Schwartz / Lyrics: Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young)

Al Jolson (Broadway Production) - 1918
Arthur Fields - 1918
Judy Garland - 1952
Jerry Lewis - 1956
Louis Prima - 1956
Ted Heath & His Music - 1958
Connie Francis - 1959
Brenda Lee - 1959
Jackie Wilson - 1960
Aretha Franklin - 1961
Eddie Fisher - 1963
Sammy Davis Jr. - 1963
Leslie Uggams - 1963
Joni James - 1964
Woody Herman & His Orch. - 1964
The Supremes - 1965
Jim Nabors - 1966


Also recorded by: Dean Martin; Cybill Shepherd; Mandy Patinkin;
Dickie Valentine; Linda Eder; Rufus Wainwright; David Campbell;
Jimmy Roselli; Lorna Luft; Carol Kidd; Bing Crosby & Al Jolson;
Brian Conley; Frank Sinatra: ........ and many others.



Mammy mine
Your little rollin' stone that rolled away
Strolled away
Mammy mine
Your rollin' stone is rollin' home today
There to stay
Just to see your smilin' face
Smile a welcome sign
When I'm in your fond embrace
Listen, Mammy mine...

Rock-a-bye your baby with a Dixie melody
When you croon, croon a tune from the heart of Dixie
Just hang my cradle, Mammy mine
Right on that Mason Dixon Line
And swing it from Virginia
To Tennessee with all the love that's in ya
"Weep No More My Lady," sing that song again for me
And "Old Black Joe" just as though you had me on your knee
A million baby kisses I'll deliver
The minute that you sing "The Swanee River"
Rock-a-bye your rock-a-bye-baby with a Dixie melody

Any time
I hear a mammy sing her babe to sleep
Slumber deep
That's the time
The shadows 'round my heart begin to creep
And I weep
Wonder why I went away
What a fool I've been
Take me back to yesterday
In your arms again...

Rock-a-bye your baby with a Dixie melody
When you croon, croon a tune from the heart of Dixie
Just hang my cradle, Mammy mine
Right on that Mason Dixon Line
And swing it from Virginia
To Tennessee with all the love that's in ya
"Weep No More My Lady," sing that song again for me
And "Old Black Joe" just as though you had me on your knee
A million baby kisses I'll deliver
The minute that you sing "The Swanee River"
Rock-a-bye your rock-a-bye-baby with a Dixie melody


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ALTERNATE VERSE:


Weep no more, my lady, sing that song again for me.
Soft and low, just as though you had me on your knee
A million baby kisses I'd deliver
If you would only sing that "Swanee River"
Rock-a-bye your rock-a-bye baby with a Dixie melody


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