Southern lullaby (Harry T. Burleigh)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-12-28). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 359 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: Southern lullaby
Composer: Harry T. Burleigh
Lyricist: George Vere Hobart
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB, divisi, ST solo
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1920 G. Ricordi & Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
De night am long an’ de col’ win’ roar,
Sleep li’l chile, go sleep!
Yo’ Pappy he doan’ come home no more,
Sleep li’l chile, go sleep!
I wonder he sees us all alone,
Wif nuffin’ to eat escept a bone;
An’ do he hear yo’ Mammy moan?
Sleep, li’l chile, go sleep!
De stars am hid an’ de sky am black,
Sleep li’l chile, go sleep!
Yo’ Pappy am gone an’ he doan’ come back,
Sleep, li’l chile, go sleep!
He say “goodby!” an’ he gone away
Till come dat evahlastin’ day—
An’ it seems sech a long, long while to stay!
Sleep, li’l chile, go sleep!