Here Comes The Sandman

Written for: Mr. Dodd Takes The Air (1937)
Performer: Kenny Baker
Lyric: Al Dubin
Additional British lyric: Charles Dunn
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1937
Original publisher: M. Witmark & Sons

Verse 1:

Sun has gone to China, world is full of gloom,
But, pretty soon the moonbeams will tiptoe through the room.
Weary little fellows should be sleeping sound,
This is just the hour the sandman comes around;
So,

Female chorus:

Go to sleep, here comes the sandman,
Just close your tired eyes;
He's that grand old Slumberland man
Who writes your lullabies;
Here's a good-night kiss from mother,
And here's a hug so tight;
Go to sleep,
Here comes the sandman just to say good night.

Male chorus:

Go to sleep, here comes the sandman,
Just close your tired eyes;
He's that grand old Slumberland man
Who writes your lullabies;
Here's a good-night kiss from daddy,
And here's a hug so tight;
Go to sleep,
Here comes the sandman just to say good night.

Verse 2 (from British sheet music):

Eyes are all a-blinking, for the day is o'er,
And now the old dream weaver is just outside the door;
He's put on the starlight, polished up the moon;
Cover up your head and be a-dreaming soon;
So,

[Chorus]