Historic Sheet Music Collection
Title
Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_sleepy-head_adrian-schuberts-salon-orchestra-davis-greer-billy-burton_gbia0008398a
https://archive.org/details/78_sleepy-head_bar-harbor-society-orchestra-irving-kaufman-davis-and-greer_gbia0011498a
https://archive.org/details/78_sleepy-head_howard-clarke-davis-greer_gbia0016119a
https://archive.org/details/78_sleepy-head_nick-lucas-the-crooning-troubadour-davis-greer_gbia0003835h
https://archive.org/details/78_sleepy-head_peerless-quartet-gunsky-brown-hill_gbia0014670b
Publication Date
1921
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Evenin’ time down on the old plantation
Pickaninny in his Mammy’s arms
Tries with all his might
To make his eyes shine bright
Mammy knows it’s just an imitation
Time for tired eyes to close in slumber
Let old Mister Sandman have his way
Sleepy eyelids close
Off to bed he goes
While his Mammy croons this lullabye
[Chorus]
Little Sleepy head
Snuggle in your bed,
‘Cause your play time’s fled;
Time for sleep instead;
Heed the sandman’s cries,
Close your drowsy eyes,
Your old mammy’s wise
You’re nothing but a little sleepy head.
[Chorus]
Recommended Citation
Gunsky, Maurice; Brown, Jack; and Hill, Billy, "Sleepy Head" (1921). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 1267.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/1267
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
Featured by Gino Severi and his Imperial Theater Orchestra
San Francisco: Adrian-Reece Inc. (1921)
908 Market Street, San Francisco
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