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When It's Sleepy Time Down South
- CLARENCE MUSE, LEON RENE & OTIS RENE




BOSWELL SISTERS  -  WHEN IT'S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH
WHEN IT'S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH   -  
1932
more THE BOSWELL SISTERS  -  more HERE


When It's Sleepy Time Down South was written in 1930 by Clarence Muse, Leon Rene and Otis Rene. The song was introduced that year in the play Under A Virginia Moon. The show had a short run, and the following year the song appeared in two films - Safe From Harm, where it was sung by Nina Mae McKinney, and Heaven On Earth, where it was performed by Muse himself. The song soon became the signature song of Louis Armstrong - he recorded it over 100 times. When It's Sleepy Time Down South is a song about slavery and "The Great Migration" of blacks from the south to the north. After recording the song Armstrong's exposure and popularity soared, at the same time causing him to lose some of his black audience.


1931

PAUL
WHITEMAN
​AND HIS
ORCHESTRA


1931

​PAUL
​ROBESON


1931

CHUCK
BULLOCK'S
LEVEE
​LOUNGERS


1931

MILDRED
BAILEY

1931

PHIL
SPITOLLI
ORCHESTRA
featuring
HELEN
​ROLAND


1931

IPANA
TROUBADOURS

19??

ETHEL
​WATERS


​

19??

SIDNEY
​BECHET

1937

BENNY
​GOODMAN

1940

CONNIE
BOSWELL

1942

LOUIS
​ARMSTRONG


1945

MEL
TORME

19??

LOUIS
PRIMA


1951

FRANKIE
LAINE

​19??

AL
HIRT

19??

DIZZY
GILLESPIE

1956

BILLY
​BAUER


1957

JOY
BRYAN

1959

BILLIE
​HOLIDAY

1962

LOUIS
​ARMSTRONG


1963

LOUIS
ARMSTRONG

1965

LOUIS
ARMSTRONG
Live In
BERLIN

1965

DAVE
BRUBECK
​QUARTET

1969

TENNESSEE
ERNIE
FORD

1969

SONNY
STITT

1970

LOUIS
​ARMSTRONG


1987

WYNTON
MARSALIS



2003

ARTURO
​SANDOVAL


2013

HUGH
MASEKELA & LARRY
​WILLIS


WHEN IT'S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH

Pale moon shining on the fields below
Folks are crooning songs soft and low
Needn't tell me so because I know
It's sleepy time down south
Soft winds blowing through the pinewood trees
Folks down there like a life of ease
When old mammy falls upon her knees
It's sleepy time down south
Steamboats on the river a coming or a going
Splashing the night away
Hear those banjos ringing, the people are singing
They dance til the break of day, hey
Dear old southland with his dreamy songs
Takes me back there where I belong
How I'd love to be in my mammy's arms
When it's sleepy time way down south
Dear old southland with his dreamy songs
Take me back there where I belong
How I'd love to be in my mammy's arms
When it's sleepy time down south

Sleepy time down south

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