Little honey baby, shet yo’ eyes up tight;—
( Shadow-man is comin’ from de moon! ) —
You's as sweet as roses if dey is so pink an white;
( Shadow-man'll get here mighty soon. )
Little honey baby, keep yo’‘ footses still!—
( Rocky-bye, oh, rocky, rocky-bye! )
Hush yo’ now, an listen to dat lonesome whip-po’ - will;
Do n't yo fix yo’ lip an start to cry!
Little honey baby, stop dat winkin’ quick!
( Hear de hoot-owl in de cotton-wood! )
Yess — I sees yo’ eyes adoin’ dat dere triflin’ trick,—
( He gets chillun if dey is n't good. )
Little honey baby, what yo’ think yo’ see?—
( Sister keep on climbin’ to de sky —)
Dat's a June bug — it ai n't got no stinger, lak a bee,—
( Reach de glory city by-an-by. )
Little honey baby, what yo’ skeery at?—
( Go down, Moses — down to Phar-e-oh! ) —
No — dat is n't nuffin but a furry fly-round bat;—
( Say, he'd betta let dose people go. )
Little honey baby, yo’ is all ma own,—
Deed yo’ is.— Yes,— dat's a fia-fly;—
If I did n't hab yo’,— reckon I'd be all alone;
( Rocky-bye — oh, rocky, rocky-bye. )
Little honey baby, shet yo’ eyes up tight;—
( Shadow man is comin’ from de moon,)
You's as sweet as roses, if dey is so pink and white;
( Shadow-man'll get here mighty soon. )