Little Black Baby (1903)

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Ragtime music from the progressive era.

1. 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"

Chorus:
Little black mammy on de milk stool
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

2. All de gold in all de maountain
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

Chorus:
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-ee goo garee goo
Tra-ta-la-ra-ba-ma-oo
Tra-ta-la-roess scarree-ee
Gree-oo-ta-ma-la-ra-mee"

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words by Louise Armstrong Bristol
music by Scott Joplin
published by Success Music Company, Chicago

discovered through a song request
sheet music found at Library of Congress online
midi notes sequenced by Fred Feild
piano according to the sheet music
sung by sheet music singer, Fred Feild

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Get the sheet music and MIDI at:
https://sheetmusicsinger.com/highbrownsongs/little-black-baby/