When It's Sleepy Time Down South - Lou Rawls
Steamboats on the river a coming and a going
Splashing the night away
Hear those banjos ringing the folks are singing
They dance til the break of day hey
Pale moon shining on the fields below
Folks are crooning songs soft and low
Needn't tell me so because I know
It's sleepy time down south
Soft winds blowing through the pinewood trees
Folks down there live a life of ease
When old mammy falls upon her knees
And it's sleepy time down south
Steamboats on the river there a coming and a going
Splashing the night away
You hear those banjos ringing the folks are singing
They dance till the break of day hey
Dear old southland with his dreamy songs
Takes me back there where I belong
How I'd love to be in my mammy's arms
When it's sleepy time down south
When it's sleepy time down south
When it's sleepy time down south