Pale moon shining on the fields below
Folks are crooning songs soft and low
Needn't tell me so, beause I know
It's sleepy time down south
Softs winds blowing thru the pinewood trees
Folks down there live a life of ease;
When the twilight brings the evening breeze
It's sleepy time down south
Steamboats on the river, a-comin' and a-goin', splashing the night away
Hear those banjos ringing, the folks are alla-singin' they dance till break of day
Dear old Southland, with its dreamy songs
Takes me back there where I belong
How I'd love to be mother's arms
When it's sleepy time down south
Steamboats on the river, a-comin' and a-goin', splashing the night away
Hear those banjos ringing, the folks are alla-singin' they dance till break of day
Dear old Southland, with its dreamy songs
Takes me back where I belong
How I'd love to be mother's arms
When it's sleepy time down south
When it's sleepy time down south