a 1922 popular song
words and music by Billy James
This song appeared in the Broadway show Bombo, sung by Al Jolson.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
- Mammy, Mammy, I’m hurrying home
I’m tired of roaming, tired of being alone
Mammy, Mammy, won’t you comfort me?
Take me in your arms again
That’s where I want to be
Chorus
Carolina Mammy, I’m longin’ for you
Carolina Mammy, I’m lonesome and blue
I’ll tell you Mammy, I’ve found it’s true
That there’s nobody in this wide, wide world
That loves me like you do
In that Dixie garden, I’m longin’ to be
Where I spent my childhood, right there on your knee
So prepare for my return, Gee! it’s great to live and learn
There’s nobody finer, than my Carolina Mammy
- Mammy, Mammy, remember the time
When I was a baby, couldn’t toddle or climb
Mammy, Mammy, how you loved me then
Something tells me you still care
You’ll welcome me again
Sung here by Fred Feild: