IN THE SING SONG SYCAMORE TREE
(Lyrics: Mort Dixon / Music: Harry Woods)


Lee Morse & Her Blue Grass Boys - 1928
Lou Gold & His Orch. (vocal: Annette Hanshaw) - 1928
Sam Lanin's Ipana Troubadours (vocal: Scrappy Lambert) - 1928
Ben Selvin's Newport Society Orch. (vocal: Irving Kaufman) - 1928
Vincent Lopez & His Casa Lopez Orch. - 1928
The Virginians (vocal: Lewis James) - 1928
The Vagabonds (aka California Ramblers) - 1928
Willard Robison & His Piano - 1928



Long, long ago, winds used to blow
Right through an old Sycamore tree
I close my eyes, and lullabies
Sang through that old Sycamore tree
I feel so weary, so weary today
That's why I'm heading, yes, heading that way

I can see my troubles flying
When I hear the night wind sighing
In the sing song Sycamore tree

I can find my silver lining
When I see the moonlight shining
In the sing song Sycamore tree

And when that clock in the hall starts in chiming
Right up the stairs I'll be climbing

Then I'll soon be snugly resting
Like the bluebirds that are nesting
In the sing song Sycamore tree

Far, far away, all through the day
Up in that old Sycamore tree
Birds on the wing stopped there to sing
Songs that were so pretty to me
That's why I'm leaving a note on my door
"Goodbye forever, you'll see me no more"

I can see my troubles flying
When I hear the night wind sighing
In the sing song Sycamore tree

I can find my silver lining
When I see the moonlight shining
In the sing song Sycamore tree

And when that clock in the hall starts in chiming
Right up the stairs I'll be climbing

Then I'll soon be snugly resting
Like the bluebirds that are nesting
In the sing song Sycamore tree



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2018)