Lullaby

MY CURLY HEADED BABY

Sung by Paul Robeson

From the film 'Big Fella' (1937)

Oh, my baby, my curly headed baby,

We'll sit below the sky and sing a song

to the moo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oon.

Oh, my baby, my curly headed baby,

Your daddy's in the cotton fields a-workin' late and

soo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oon.

So lulla lulla lulla lulla bye bye

Do you want the moon to play with

Or the stars to run away with?

They'll come if you don't cry.

So lulla lulla lulla lulla bye bye

In your mammy's arms be creepin'

And soon you'll be a-sleepin'

Lulla lulla lulla lulla lulla bye.

Oh, my baby, my curly headed baby,

I'll sing you fast asleep and love you so as I sing.

Oh, my baby, my curly headed baby,

Just tuck your head like little bird beneath its mammy's wing.

So lulla lulla lulla lulla bye bye

Do you want the moon to play with

Or the stars to run away with?

They'll come if you don't cry.

So lulla lulla lulla lulla bye bye

In your mammy's arms be creepin'

And soon you'll be a-sleepin'

Lulla lulla lulla lulla lulla bye.