StoryTitle("caps", "Kentucky Babe") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(30, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "'Skeeters am a hummin' on de honeysuckle vine,—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "Sleep, Kentucky Babe!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Sandman am a comin' to dis little coon of mine,—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "Sleep, Kentucky Babe!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Silv'ry moon am shinin' in de heabens up above, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Bobolink am pinin' fo' his little lady love:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Yo' is mighty lucky, Babe of ol' Kentucky,—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "Close yo' eyes in sleep.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Fly away, Kentucky Babe, fly away to rest,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Lay yo' kinky woolly head on yo' mammy's breast,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "Um,—Um,—um,—um,—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "Close yo' eyes in sleep.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Daddy's in de cane brake wid his little dog and gun,—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "Sleep, Kentucky Babe!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "'Possum fo' yo' breakfast when yo' sleepin' time is done,—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "Sleep, Kentucky Babe!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Bogie man 'll catch yo' sure unless yo' close yo' eyes, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Waitin' jes' outside de doo' to take yo' by surprise, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Bes' be keepin' shady, Little colored lady,—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L4", "", "Close yo' eyes in sleep.", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("85", SmallCapsText("—Richard Henry Buck.")) ?>
PoemEnd() ?>