Carrie Jacobs-Bond

1. De birds am sweet-ly sing-in' in de syc-a-more tree, De sun am bright-ly shin-in' in de sky, But dar ain't no more sing-in' or no shin-in' now for me, Ma li----'l pic-a-nin-ny up an' die. 2. Was jus de dear-est lil' pick-a-nin-y in de worl' Wid his lil' cu...

1. You's my little black baby wid a turned up nose, An' a little bunch o' wool upon yo' head; You's got dimples in yo' elbows an' wrinkles in yo' toes, An' a mouf lak a watermelyon red. CHORUS 1 You's ma sweet, sweet pertater, you's ma ripe, ripe termater, Yo...

A little pink rose in my garden grew, The tinniest one of all, 'Twas kissed by the sun, caressed by the dew, Oh, little pink rose in my garden, Oh little pink rose, 'twas you! Oh, little pink rose of your mother's heart! Have you faded and gone away? Has the...

1. Thar ain't much poetry, that's a fact, In a pa'r o' worn out shoes, But I've seen truck agoin that lacked As much of soul or muse. I've got a shoe, 'bout big's my thumb, All gone at the heel an' toe. That makes me poor old heart-strings thrum, To the tune o...

When you come to the end of a perfect day, And you sit alone with your thought, While the chimes ring out with a carol gay, For the joy that the day has brought, Do you think what the end of a perfect day Can mean to tired heart, When the sun goes down with a...

1. Now I'll put on your nice little ev'ning coat, And button it all the way down. We'll take a nice ride in mother's own cart, And ride into sleepy town. We'll make a short call at Nappy's store, And buy a nice dream or two, And then we'll drive home in the st...

1. All thro' the mist of the dawning, All thro' the mountain space, All thro' the valley's glimmer, I see your loving face. 2. All thro' the sunrise beauty, All thro' the mists that rise, All thro' the shadows falling, I look into your eyes. All thro' the su...

1. From blue to red, From red to gold, From gold to gray-- So turns the sky; So fades the light, So ends the day. 2. From ease to strife, From strife to pain, From pain to peace-- So life shall wane; So grief decline, So toll shall cease. 

1. Sure maybe ye've heard the storm-thrush Whistlin' bould in March, Before there's a primrose peepin' out, Or a wee bird cone on the larch; Whistlin' the sun to come out o' the cloud, An' the wind to come over the sea, But for all he can whistle so clear and...

1. Lay me down benea' de willows in de grass, Whah de breeze'll be a singin' as it pass, An' when I'se lyin' low, I kin hear it as it go Singin', sleep mah honey, take y'r res's at las'. 2. Lay me nigh to whah it makes a little peel,. An' de watah stan's...

1. Some little children hear a song that mother sweetly isngs When they are tired and bedtime comes, What joy and peace it brings. And some sweet children thake their dolls to hold so snug and tight. But my own dearie always said, Des hold my hands tonight....

1. Do you remember the days in the mountains? Do you remember the mist on the lea? Do you remember the scent of the wildflow'rs? And are the mem'ries still mem'ries of me? Do you remember the dew on the fern leaves Down by the brook that flows on to the sea? D...

Tho' the cares of the day be many, And the fruits of the struggle few, I know at the close comes ev'ning, Ev'ning, my dear, and you. Then you come and sit beside me, The hope of the parting day, And say, in the words I've dreamed of, The things I would...

Good night. Without a care or sorrow Save impatience for the morrow, Baby sleeps in fairy deeps, Good night. Good night. The raptured lover lingers, Touching lips and pressing fingers, All to soon declines the moon, Good night, good night. Good night, good nig...

Here I am,my mother dear, I come quickly when I hear Your sweet voice calling me, Your sweet voice calling me. You're as kind as kind can be, Mother, dearie, can I do Any little thing for you, Any little thing for you? Got to practice? Oh dear me! I'm so tire...

[1] "Making the Best of It" What you can't help, what you can't help, what you can't help, forget! [2] "First Ask Yourself" Before you said it about them, Ask yourself if you'd like them to know you said it. [3] "To Understand" To understand a sorrow, You mu...

1. Have you seen my kitten gray, She's the cat that runs away, My but she is awful wild, She'a a dreadful, dreadful child, Just as soon as she sees me, Off she goes and climbs a tree, Yet that kitten I love well, What's the matter can you tell? REFRAIN Dear m...

The violet lingers in her eye, The roses on her cheek, Her dainty lips of poppy leaf with pearls play hide and seek; But the dearest of the blossoms, Which her many charms disclose, Is the funny little dandelion freckle on her nose. 

1. My daddy's all dressed up today, He never looked so fine, I thought, when I looked at him, My daddy wasn't mine. He's got a dandy, fine new suit, The old one was so old, It's brown, he wears an eagle, too, I guess it must be gold. CHORUS {But my | So my} d...

1. You cried in your sleep for your mother dear, Baby, Baby. I would you could call her back to us here, Baby, Baby. The little lambs are asleep on the sod, And my own lambkin's beginning to nod, And over the starlight your mother's with God, Baby, Baby. 2. S...

1. Hush-a-baby, close yo' eyes, An' go right off t' sleep, Great big goblin comin' sure T' ketch yo' ef yo' peep. 'Tain's no use t' make a fuss, Yo' better snuggle tight 'Spect I'se gwain t' play wif yo' All day an' half de night? 2. Ebe'nin's growin' mighty...

1. I love you truly, truly, dear; Life with its sorrow, life with its tear, Fades into dreams when I feel you are near, For I love you truly, truly, dear. 2. Ah, love, 'tis something to feel your kind hand, Ah, yes, 'tis something by your side to stand; Gone...

1. Today I walked within a lovely meadow, I heard the crickets chirping in the grass. A gentle meadowlark was gaily singing, And only ceased his song to let me pass. Then mem'ry took me back again to childhood, To happy days and songs that once were sung. Whil...

1. Is yo' de li'l coon dat comes a-knockin' at my do', An' when I gives yo' what yo' want, yo' always wants some mo'? Is yo? Is yo? Is yo' de li'l coon dat always wants a snack, An' 'fo' yo' get yo'r cone pone done yo' comes a-beggin' back? Is yo'? Is yo'? 2....

1. Just a-wearyin' for you, All the time a-feelin' blue, Wishin' for you, wound'rin' when You'll be comin' home again. Restless, don't know what to do, Just a-wearyin' for you. 2. Mornin' comes, the birds awake, Used to sing so for your sake But there's sadne...

1. It isn't the weather, (Dear, soft little rain!) God's sunshine and show'rs never fret me, And it isn't the learning in poverty's school, The hard delving lesson that's set me: For sun follows rain And saving makes gain, But Time can't give back a dead lover...

1. Days on the lazy river, Far from life's care and fret. Days on the lazy river Are days I can never forget. Days with their peace and music, Singing my soul to rest. Days on the lazy river Are the days that I loved the best. 2. A glance on the lazy river, A...

Out of life's garden, where sympathy grew, I found a heart,'twas the heart of you. In that same garden devotion grew, And I found a soul, 'twas the soul of you. And still farther on, where the flow'rs are few, I looked for hours, through the mist and dew, Till...

Little lost youth of me, where are you roaming, You who were part of me only today? Why did you slip from me out in the gloaming, Little lost youth of me, vanished away? Brightly the sun in the morning was streaming, Laughter bent over me, friendship was...

1. My son! I proudly see him marching by, My only son, who goes maybe to die; The smile he sends me as he hurries past Will cheer my heart as long as life shall past. My son, my son! 2. My son! along the battlefield he goes; The agony of love a mother knows I...

Well, I vow! I aint got nothin', and I never had nothin', And I don't want nothin' 'cept you; I aint seen nobody, I aint know' nobody, I aint loved nobody, that's true, But if you'll love me, I'll love you. If you want money, though, I wont do; 'Cause I aint g...

1. As I sit in the twilight of life and of day, I want to go home, oh, I want to go home! As I think of the friends I have lost by the way, I want to go back to my mother. 2. The meadow, the orchard, the swinging grapevine, Makes me long to go home, how I lon...

1. Oh take my hand and clasp it tight, And promise me that thro' life's fight We'll steadfast stand in loyal might, Dear friend of mine, old friend of mine! Look on me well before we part And read the friendship in my heart, And feel my quickened pulses...

1. The little cares that fretted me, I lost them yesterday Among the fields above the sea, Among the winds at play, Among the lowing of the herds, The rustling of the trees, Among the singing of the birds, The humming of the bees. 2. The foolish fears of what...

The light of the morn is breaking Across the distant sea, But the beauty is lost in sadness, Sweet love, when I think of thee. Would it were dark and dreary, A mist across the brine, And I were standing near thee, With thy dear hand in mine. 

1. Once more I sit at evening And watch the embers burn, The shadows all come creeping Around me as I turn. And then I see a sweet face, From which all care is gone, That starts my soul to dreaming Of old times, love and song. 2. How oft we watched the embers...

1. Ah! 'tis but a dainty flow'r I bring to you; Yes, 'tis but a violet glist'ning with dew. But deep in its heart there lie, Beauties concealed, So, too, in my heart of hearts, Love unrevealed. 2. Ah! 'tis but a faded flow'r Kept thro' the years; Yes, 'tis bu...

1. My baby is so tired tonight, She does not like the candle light. The little head will soon be pressed Against her mama's loving breast, And mama's song will sound the best. CHORUS So bylo, bylo, little baby sleep. So bylo, bylo, God his watch will keep. Oh...

1. Say not goodbye the sounds have all regret, I cannot loose your hand with such a word, Our ways part here and yet ah love and yet, I cannot leave you till my soul has heard, The charm to bring me to your side again. The dear Auf Wiedersehn Auf Weider sehn,...

1. When earth was at its morning, And years were as a day, God fashioned all the flowers To make the young world gay. So fresh, so fair, so lovely, As they to blossom came, God stooped from His high heaven And gave to each a name. 2. One tiny blueeyed flowe...

1. I found a Golden Key one day, Upon the path I trod; And it unlocked a Golden Door, The door that led to God. And as I look'd inside I saw These words upon the wall: "Your God is Love, and Love brings work, There's Love and work for all." 2. No idle life ca...

1. Sometimes when shadows cross my path, As shadows sometimes do, I reach my hands across the mist And touch the hand of you. I know the sun is in the sky, I know true love is true; But oh, it comforts in the dark To touch the hand of you. 2. Though all the s...

I want to have a little house with sunlight on the floor, A chimney with a rosy hearth and lilacs by the door, With windows looking East and West, And a crooked apple tree, And room beside the golden fence, for hollyhocks to be, And room beside the golden fenc...

1. When the lights are lit, And the table's set, And the maid brings in the buns, Tommy Tinker's eyes Get as big and wise, For that's when the sandman comes. 2. From his great high chair He tries to stare, And pretend he's wide awake; But his hand falls down,...

The birds don't sing as sweetly as they did when I was young, I see the sunbeams thro' a mist, The fleeting hours beyond And as I hear the echo of a voice I knew of old, Again I hear the harpsichord, again this story's told. [Refrain] Time makes all but love...

1. Today, dear heart, but just today, The sunshine over all, The roses crimsoning the air, Along the garden wall. Then let the dream and dreamer die; Whate'er shall be, shall be; Today will still be thine and mine, To all Eternity. 2. And, oh! the little, lit...

1. Oh! she was a gay little cigarette, And he was a big cigar, And side by side on a tabourette they stood in a ginger jar, Tho' never a word could I understand, For they chatted in "autobac," Yet wonderful things I'm sure they planed, As lovers do alack as lo...

1. O, England's full of Englishmen And France is full of Frence, And Italy has sons enough To fill up ev'ry trench; But what are we across the sea Who come from all the earth To the land that gave us freedom, Though it did no give us birth? O, we are all Ameri...

1. Were I a leaf I'd like to be A scarlet one upon a tree, And I would swing and never fall, Just cling and cling, and fool 'em all! 2. Were I a rose I'd be so rare They would not find me ev'rywhere, And from the day that I was born I would not grow a single...

1. A child sat close to her mother's knee. A child perhaps of summers three. She wanted a dolly that was her prayer, Whose eyes would close and who had real hair, But the mother was poor and she shrank with fear, Lest the child should see the glistening tear,...