Our Singing Country
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II. 4. LULLABIES |
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Seven lullabies from five Southern states—two from low-country South Carolina, two from middle Alabama, one from Creole New Orleans, one from the pine woods of southeast Texas, and one from the Tennessee mounÂtain country. |
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MAMMA'S GONE TO THE MAIL BOAT
b. No. 1033. "Mom" Tina Russell, Negro. Murrells Inlet, S.C., 1937. |
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i Bye-o, baby, bye, Bye-o, baby, bye, Mamma's gone to the mail boat, Mamma's gone to the mail boat, Bye.
2 Go to sleepy, baby, bye, (2) Father's gone to the mail boat, (2) Bye. |
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