"Moonshine Lullaby" is a song from the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun, by Irving Berlin. It was first performed by Ethel Merman. Other singers to have recorded the song include Bernadette Peters in 1999, Doris Day, and Mary Martin in 1957. The song itself is considered a lullaby, but the lyrics are about a still where moonshine is brewed illegally.
Lyrics
Annie:
Behind the hill There's a busy little still Where your Pappy's workin' in the moonlight Your lovin' paw Isn't quite within the law So he's hidin' there behind the hill Bye bye baby Stop your yawnin' Don't cry baby Day will be dawning And when it does From the mountain where he wuz He'll be coming with jug of moonshine So count your sheep Mama's singing you to sleep With the Moonshine LullabyTrio: Loo Loo
Behind the hill There's a busy little still Where your Pappy's workin' in the moonlight Your lovin' paw Isn't quite within the law So he's hidin' there behind the hillAnnie and Trio:
Bye bye baby Stop your yawnin' Don't cry baby Day will be dawningTrio:
And when it does From the mountain where he wuz He'll be coming with jug of moonshineAnnie:
So count your sheep Mama's singing you to sleep With the Moonshine LullabyKids:
Dream of Pappy Very happy With his jug of mountain ryeAnnie:
So count your sheep Mama's singing you to sleep With the Moonshine LullabyReferences
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