When It's Sleepy Time Down South
Composer(s): Clarence Muse; Otis René; Leon René
Performer(s): Mel Tormé;
and various other artists



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 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 ringin', the folks are all a-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 in mother's arms
When it's sleepy time down south