Hush a bye my baby slumber time is coming soon Rest your head on mommie?s breast while daddy hums a tune Are the old folks were humming the banjos were strumming And the soft breezes sigh as in days long gone by Way down in Missouri where I heard this melody When I was a little fellow on my mommie's knee The old folks were humming the banjos were strumming so sweet and low Hush a bye my baby go to sleep on daddy?s knee Journey back to Dixie Land in dreams again with me Oh, it seems lik