Skeeters am a hummin'
   on the honeysuckle vine
   sleep Kentucky Babe!
  
   Sandman am a comin'
   to this little child of mine
   sleep Kentucky Babe!
  
   Silvery moon am a shinin'
   on de heavens up above
   bobolink am pinin' for his little lady love
  
   You is might lucky
   Babe of old Kentucky
   close your eyes in sleep
   and fly away,
   fly away Kentucky Babe,
   fly away to rest, fly away,
   lay your curly woolly head
   on your mammy's breast,
   hmm, hmmm, edah la da da dee
   close your eyes in sleep!