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Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody
Words & Music by Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young & Jean Schwartz, 1918Recorded by Al Jolson, 1918
Closely identified with comedian Jerry Lewis
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Rock - a - bye your ba - by with a Dix - ie mel - o - dy;
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When you croon, croon a tune from the heart of Dix - ie.
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Just hang my cra - dle, Mam - my mine,
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Right on that Ma - son Dix - on line
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And swing it from Vir - gin - ia
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To Ten - nes - see with all the love that's in ya.
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"Weep No More, My La - dy" -- sing that song for me,
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"Old Black Joe" just as though you had me on your knee;
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A mil - lion ba - by kis - ses I'll de - liv -er
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The min - ute that you sing the "Swan - nee Riv - er."
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Rock - a - bye your rock - a - bye baby
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With a Dix - ie mel - o - dy.