footnote  table Go to sleep my baby - The Ultimate Lyrics!

And this is what Lesley had to say, folks:

Hello,

I just found your web pages whilst I was looking for some sheet music.
There seems to have been a lot of correspondence about the above lullaby. Perhaps your readers would be interested in where it came from? [You Bet! - editor's comment on first reading]. It's Wyoming Lullaby, a copy of which I have (it's in a poor state, which is why I'm looking to replace it). It was written by Gene Williams and the tune is based on the "Wyoming" Waltz. The copy I have was published by the Lawrence Wright Music Company, Denmark Street, Charing Cross, London, in 1920. My mum used to sing the whole thing to me when I was a child in the 1950's. I loved it then & I still love it now.
The words are:

When the sun is sinking in Wyoming,
When the ocean blue is turned to gold;
In my dreams I can hear a melody,
In my heart there's a tender memory.

By the cabin door I see my mammy,
With a little baby on her knee;
Then comes back that Wyoming lullaby,
Mammy used to sing to me.

When night is near,
That song I hear.

"Go to sleep my baby, Close your pretty eyes;
Angels up above you, Peeping at you dearie from the skies.
Great big moon is shining, Stars begin to peep;
Time for little Piccaninnies to go to sleep,
Piccaninnies time to go to sleep"

There beneath the pines in old Wyoming,
There's a little world that no one knows;
Ev'ry flow'r there just means a loving kiss,
From that mammy, whose smile I wouldn't miss;
Soon I'm going back to old Wyoming,
To that little cabin by the shore,
Then each night I shall hear my mammy's voice,
Sing that lullaby once more;
Just once again, I'll hear that strain.

"Go to sleep my baby, Close your pretty eyes;
Angels up above you, Peeping at you dearie from the skies.
Great big moon is shining, Stars begin to peep;
Time for little Piccaninnies to go to sleep,
Piccaninnies time to go to sleep."

Thank you

Lesley Baxendale
Colwyn Bay, N Wales

And many thanks to you, Lesley, we are all very grateful!