Kentucky Babe
Composer(s): Adam Geibel; Richard Henry Buck
Performer(s): Maxine Sullivan; The Chordettes;
Bing Crosby; Deborah Henson-Conant; Silk City
Skeeters am a hummin'
on the honeysuckle vine
sleep Kentucky Babe!
Sandman am a comin'
to this little child of mine
sleep Kentucky Babe!
Silvery moon am a shinin'
on de heavens up above
bobolink am pinin' for his little lady love . . .
You is might lucky
Babe of old Kentucky
close your eyes in sleep . . .
and fly away
fly away Kentucky Babe
fly away to rest, fly away
lay your cy woolly head
on your mammy's breast
hmm, hmmm, edah la da da dee
close your eyes in sleep!
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