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