Put Me To Sleep With an Old Fashioned Melody

. . . Wake Me Up With a Rag
A 1915 popular song.
Words by Sam M. Lewis and Dick Howard.
Music by Harry Jentes.

The sheet music:

Put-Me-To-Sleep-With-an-Old-Fashioned-Melody – SHEET MUSICDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Put_Me_To_Sleep_With_An_Old_Fashioned_Melody – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. Last night while I was asleeping
    I heard a raggedy tune
    Into my brain it kept creeping
    It had me wide awake soon
    Then I heard somebody singing
    Rock-a-bye Baby’s refrain
    Like my mother did, when I was a kid
    Then I fell asleep again

Chorus
Put me to sleep with an old fashioned melody
When the lights are burning low
Sing to me harmony
That will bring me back to mother’s knee
Sue, dear, I remember you
You’re a song of long ago, Oh
Put me to sleep with an old fashioned melody
And wake me up with a rag

  1. Just like a rose in December
    Brings back the summer to you
    Some little song you remember
    Brings back sombody you knew
    Sometimes you catch yourself humming
    Tunes that were once near and dear
    Memories will cling, ev’ry note you sing
    Brings along a little tear

Sung here by Bev Anderson: