I'd Love to Fall Asleep and Wake Up in My Mammy's Arms

Authors

Fred E. Ahlert
Sam M. Lewis
Joe Young

Document Type

Score

Publication Date

1920

Comments

I'd love to fall asleep and wake up in my mammy's arms
words by Sam M. Lewis & Joe Young
music by Fred E. Ahlert
Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co. New York.

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Lyrics

Ev'ry time a mammy sings a lulabye
In my heart there's a big lump o' lead,
When they croon, "go to bed, curly head."
For ev'ry note reminds me,
Of a bye-gone day;
You've got your mammy, but mine is miles away.

CHORUS
I'd love to fall asleep and wake up in my mammy's arms,
Just to feel her kissin' me,
What a wonderful dream that would be!
Mammy, mammy, with your lulla byes;
Wake your baby;
Open up my eyes.
'Most ev'ry night thru fields of white,
I wander'way back home,
And in those dreams my lonely heart keeps cryin';
"Hold me mamy, fold me mammy, with your tender charms;"
I'd love to fall asleep and wake up in my mammy's arms.

When I'm wrapped in slumber, I can hear this tune;
"Hush a bye, hush a bye, baby mine,
Till the sun, honey one, starts to shine."
The teardrops on my pillow,
Tell me ev'ry morn;
My lov-in' mammy, was with me but she's gone.

Recommended Citation

Ahlert, Fred E.; Lewis, Sam M.; and Young, Joe, "I'd Love to Fall Asleep and Wake Up in My Mammy's Arms" (1920). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 630.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/630