Now the pale moon shinin` on the fields below
The folks are crooning soft and low
You needn`t tell me by because I know
When it`s sleepy time down south
Soft winds blowing through the pine wood trees
The folks down there live a life of ease
When old mammy falls upon her knees
When it`s sleepy time down south
Steamboats on the river a coming
or a going by Incomprehensible
Splashing the night away
Incomprehensible hear those banjos
ringing the people are singing
They dance `til the break of day
Oh dear old southland with his dreamy songs
Take me back where I belong
Riding in mammy`s arms
When it`s sleepy time way down south
Dear old southland with his dreamy songs
Take me back where I belong
Riding in my mammy`s arms
When it`s sleepy time down south
Sleepy time down south
Yes Incomprehensible