From the film “Cherokee Strip”, 1937
Words by Jack Scholl
Music by M. K. Jerome
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Close your sleepy eyes, my little buckaroo,
While the light of western skies is shinin’ down on you.
Don’t you know it’s time for bed?
Another day is thru,
So go to sleep, my little buckaroo.
Don’t you realize, my little buckaroo,
It was from a little acorn that the oak tree grew?
And remember that your dad was once a kid like you.
So go to sleep, my little Buckaroo.
Hm-mm, Hm-mm,
Soon you’re gonna ride the range like grown-up cowboys do.
Now it’s time that you were roundin’ up a dream or two.
So, go to sleep, my little buckaroo.
Ooh-ooh. Ooh-ooh, Ooh-ooh, Ooh-ooh.
Sung by Laurence Rubenstein: