Original RCA Recording
 
Missouri Waltz
 
"Hush-a-bye m'baby, slumber time is comin' soon
rest your head upon my breast while Mammy hums a tune
the sandman is callin' where shadows are fallin'
while the soft breezes sigh as in days long gone by!"
 
Way down in Missouri where I heard this melody
when I was a little boy upon my Mammy's knee
the old-folks were hummin' the banjo was strummin'
so sweet and low!
 
Strum, strum, strum, strum strum!
Seems I hear those banjos playin' once again
Hmmm, hmmm, hmmm!
That same old plaintive phrase!
 
Way down in Missouri, where I heard this melody
when I was a little boy upon my Mammy's knee
the old-folks were hummin' their banjos were strummin'
so sweet and low!
 
Music by Frederick Knight Logan  
and lyrics by James Royce Shannon 1916
Original RCA Recording
With Chorus and Orchestra Conducted by Henri René
Produced by Charles Grean and J. Burgess
Recorded at RCA Victor Studio 2, New York City
Recorded December 14, 1948

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