When It’s Sleepy Time Down South Billie Holiday

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[Intro]
Homesick, tired, all alone in a big city
Why should everybody pity me?
Night time's falling, and I'm yearning for Virginie
Hospitality within ye calls me

[Verse 1]
Pale moon shining on the fields below
Folks all crooning songs soft and low
You needn't tell me so, because I know
It's sleepy time down south

[Verse 2]
Softs winds blowing through the pinewood trees
Folks down there live a life of ease
When old mammy falls upon her knees
It's sleepy time down south

[Bridge]
Steamboats on the river, a-comin', a-goin'
Splashing the night away
Hear those banjos ringing, the folks are all singing
They dance 'til break of day, say

[Verse 3]
Dear old Southland with its dreamy songs
Take me back there where I belong
Oh, how I'd love to be in mammy's arms
When it's sleepy time down south

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