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When It’s Sleepy Time Down South #12
Louis Armstrong
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To Basin Street, in we are
What else can we tell you except
The American ambassador, Satch, is back home at Basin Street
Tell 'em, Satch
Now the pale moon's shining on the fields below
The folks are crooning songs soft and low
You needn't tell me, boy, because I know
When it's sleepy time down south, yes
The soft wind blowing through the pinewood trees
The folks down there live a life of ease
When old mommy falls on her knees, yes
When it's sleepy time down south, yes
Steamboats on the river a-coming, a-going
Mba-da-da-da, de-ah-oh-bo-ze
Splashing the night away, ba-ba-du-du-du-za, oh, yes
You hear those banjos ringing, and the folks are singing
And they dance 'til the break of day, yeah
Dear old southland with his dreamy songs
Yeah, take me back where I belong
Right here in my mommy's arms
Ban-das, ban-das, ban-daze, ban-do-do-das, ban-da-do-da-zat, bi-ra-do-do-zat
Whoa
Good evening everybody on the radio and in the audience
As they used to say on the old screen
Live and in person, come here at Basin Street