MISSOURI WALTZ
(Music by Frederick Knight Logan / Lyrics by James Royce Shannon, 1916)
Perry Como
 

"Hush-a-bye m'baby, slumber time is comin' soon 
rest your head upon my breast while Mammy hums a tune 
the sandman is callin' where shadows are fallin' 
while the soft breezes sigh as in days long gone by!" 

Way down in Missouri, where I heard this melody 
when I was a little boy upon my Mammy's knee 
the old-folks were hummin' and the banjos were strummin' 
so sweet and low! 

Strum, strum, strum, strum strum! 
Seems I hear those banjos playin' once again 
Hmmm, hum, hmmm! 
That same old plaintive phrase! 

Way down in Missouri, where I heard this melody 
when I was a little boy upon my Mammy's knee 
the old-folks were hummin' and the banjos were strummin' 
so sweet and low!