Alide M.Salvetta-A.Ballista LITTLE BLACK BABY'Nursery Rhyme'(S.Joplin)w.Lyrics

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Little Black Baby (1903)
Music by Scott Joplin
Lyrics by Mrs. Louise Armstrong Bristol

Alide Maria Salvetta soprano
Antonio Ballista upright piano

The text is presented as a nursery rhyme sung by a mummy to her child, in the dialect it was written by Mrs. Armstrong! An historical lyrics with no intent to offend anybody! :

Little black baby on de sheepskin,
Little black mammy by its side.
What says dis little black baby,
To little black mammy by its side?
Goo-goo-goo-e, goo-garee goo;
Tra-ta-la-ra-ba-ma-oo;
Tra-ta-la-raess scaree-ee;
Gree goo ta-ma-la-ra-mee.

Little black mammy on de milkstool,
Little black baby by her side;
What says dis little black mammy,
To little black baby by her side,
Bye, O bye, O baby buntin';
Bye, O Bye, O baby mine;
How de little eyes do twinkle,
How de twinkle eyes do shine.

All de gold in all de ma-ountain,
All de diamon's in de worl',
Couldn't buy from dis ole mammy,
Her own dear little black baby girl.
Bye, O Bye, O baby buntin';
Bye, O Bye, O baby mine;
How de little eyes do twinkle,
How de twinkle eyes do shine.

Little black baby on de milkstool,
Little black mammy by its side.
What says dis little black baby,
To little black mammy by its side?
Goo-goo-goo-e, goo-garee goo;
Tra-ta-la-ra-ba-ma-oo;
Tra-ta-la-raess scaree-ee;
Gree goo ta-ma-la-ra-mee.