Bye-lo / words and music by Ray Perkins
MLA Citation
Perkins, Ray, 1896-1969. “Bye-lo / words and music by Ray Perkins.” Digital Gallery. BGSU University Libraries, 16 June 2020, digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/collections/item/32684. Accessed 19 Jan. 2021.
Tags
Title | Bye-lo / words and music by Ray Perkins |
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Subject | Popular music -- 1911-1920 |
Description | For voice and piano |
Cover title | |
Cover illustrated by Barbelle | |
Back cover: Excerpt of Wait'll you see | |
Creator | Perkins, Ray, 1896-1969 |
Source | Sheet Music Collection; Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University |
Publisher | New York : Waterson, Berlin and Snyder |
Date | 1919 |
Contributor | Barbelle, 1888-1957. Illustrator. |
Rights | |
Format | Sheet music |
image/jpeg | |
Type | Image |
Text | |
Identifier | SMC 01267 |
903-4 Waterson Berlin & Snyder | |
https://digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/collections/item/32684 | |
Alternative Title | First line of text: Little pickaninny, on his mammy's knee, twilight shadows falling low;First line of chorus: Bye-lo, your eyes are closin' hon' |
References | http://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=b2346912~S9 |
VERSE 01: Little pickaninny, on his mammy’s knee,/Twilight shadows falling low;/Pappy tunes the banjo,/To a minor key,/While she rocks him to and fro;/Daddy picks the banjo strings;/Mammy softly to him sings: CHORUS: “Byelo,/Your eyes are closin’, hon’/Byelo, you’ll soon be dozin’, hon;/Oh! My little stick of ebony, your mammy’s by your side;/Byelo, you’re tired of playin’, hon’,/Byelo, your head is swayin’, hon;/Time to take the train to slumberland;/The sandman’s comin’,/Your daddy’s strummin’,/Your mammy’s hummin’,/Goodbyelo,/My baby’s going to sleep. VERSE 02: Little pickaninny, hears his mammy sing,/Smilin’ in her arms, he lays;/Sweet will be the mem’ries,/Future years will bring,/Of those happy childhood days;/Maybe he’ll recall this tune;/That his mammy used to croon: | |
Original Format | 1 score (5 pages) 31 cm |