From the musical comedy “How Baxter Butted In”, 1909.
Words and music by Sidney S. Toler.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. Bye bye baby buntin’, daddy’s gone a huntin’
Close your little eyes in sleep
Boogieman won’t get yer, mamma’s here to watch yer
Singin’ ba ba ba black sheep
Stars their vigil keepin’, all the world is sleepin’
Even little birds and bees
Then’s the time the jack-o’-lantern boogieman
Begins to peep among the trees
Lullaby:
Go to sleep my little drowsy babe
Close your tiny eyes, don’t be afraid
The little birds in treetops
All have gone to rest
Safely ‘neath the shelter of their mother’s breast
Hush-a-bye my baby slumber deep
Angels hover near you while you sleep
The jack-o’-lantern man will catch you if he can
The jack-o’-lantern jack-o’-lantern boogieman
2. When the stars am peepin’, all the world am sleepin’
Then the jack o’ lantern man
‘Round the house comes stealin’ for the baby feelin’
He will eat you if he can
See his eyes are blinkin’, of you he’s a thinkin’
Shhh, my baby don’t you cry
For the jack-o’-lantern man will surely get you
And away with you he’ll fly