Go to sleep you little baby (Go to sleep you little baby)
Go to sleep you little baby (Go to sleep you little baby)
You'r mama's gone away and you'r daddy's gonna stay
Didn't leave nobody but the baby.
Go to sleep you little baby (Go to sleep you little baby)
Go to sleep you little baby (Go to sleep you little baby)
Everybody's gone and the cotton and the corn
Didn't leave nobody but the baby.
You're a sweet little baby (You're a sweet little baby)
You're a sweet little baby (You're a sweet little baby)
Honey and a rock and the sugar don't stock
Gonna bring a bottle to the baby.
Don't you weep pretty baby (Don't you weep pretty baby)
Don't you weep pretty baby (Don't you weep pretty baby)
She's long gone with her red shoes on
Gonna need another lovin' baby.
Go to sleep you little baby (Go to sleep you little baby)
Go to sleep you little baby (Go to sleep you little baby)
You and me and the devil makes three
Don't need no other lovin' baby.
Go to sleep you little baby (Go to sleep you little baby)
Go to sleep you little baby (Go to sleep you little baby)
Come on lay your bones on the alabaster stones
And be my everlovin' baby...
Okay i think it may be about the mother of the baby getting sold for slavery and the father being left behind (preobably disabled?) "everybody's gone to the cotton and the corn" corn and cotton are commonly in plantations in the south for slavery. She's long and gone with her red shoes on" is probably the shackles around her ankles thus refering to the red shoes and finally "come and lay your bones on the alabaster stones and be my everloving baby" is the baby dieing and the mother grieving and holding the baby in the last moments of life. does the mother find the bebe? i dunno bt this is just my opinion! XD
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