VERSE 1

Mammy mine,
Your little rollin' stone that rolled away,
Strolled away.
Mammy mine,
Your rollin' stone is rollin' home today,
There to stay.
Just to see your smilin' face,
Smile a welcome sign.
When I'm in your fond embrace,
Listen, Mammy mine:

  REFRAIN

Rock-a-bye your baby
With a Dixie melody.
When you croon,
Croon a tune
From the heart of Dixie.
Just hang my cradle, Mammy mine,
Right on that Mason-Dixon line,
And swing it from Virginia
To Tennessee with all the love that's in yer.
“Weep no more, my lady,”
Sing that song again for me;
And “Old Black Joe,”
Just as though
You had me on your knee.
A million baby kisses I'll deliver
The minute that you sing the “Swanee River.”
Rock-a-bye your rockabye baby
With a Dixie melody.

  VERSE 2

Any time
I hear a Mammy sing her babe to sleep;
Slumber deep.
That's the time
The shadows 'round my heart begin to creep,
And I weep.
Wonder why I went away,
What a fool I've been,
Take me back to yesterday,
In your arms again.

  REPEAT REFRAIN