Artist: arr for Fremantle Uke Rabble by w steele for educational useComposer: Al Hoffman, Maurice Sigler and mabel WayneGoChords.com
Evenin' breezes sighin', moon is in the sky, little man it's time for bed.............................................
Daddy's little hero is tired and wants to cry. Now come along and rest your head..................................
Little man ya cry......ing, I know why you're blue, someone stole your kiddy-car a way...........................................
You better go to sleep now, little man you've had a busy day......................................................................................................
Johnny won your marbles, tell you what we'll do...... Dad'll get you new ones right a-way.........................................
Better go to sleep now, little man you've had a busy day.....................................................................................................
You've been playing soldier, the battle has been won the enemy is out of sight
Come along there soldier, put away your gun. Your war is over for to - night
Time to stop your scheming, time your day was through Can't you hear the bugle softly say
Time you should be dreaming, little man you've had a busy day....................................................................... 5 beats to end
If you are old enough to remember him there is nothing to compare the rich tone of Paul Robeson whose rendering of this song was unmatched. You can hear him at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlN5h4Jtp6I
One of the most signifcant activists of the Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century, Paul Leroy Robeson was born on April 9, 1898 in Princeton, New Jersey. He won an academic scholarship to Rutgers University in 1919 where he became an "all American" footballer and the Valedictorian of his year. He studied at Columbia Law School while playing in the NFL. Following this he soon established himself as one of the great bass-baritone voices of the century. His international singing career was but one string to his bow because he became a theatre and cinema actor of distinction, his portrayal of Othello on the London and Broadway stage is regarded as a high point of English Shakesperian Theatre of the 20th century!
Robeson became active in the civil rights movement during the Spanish Civil War and developed a strong anti-imperalist, anti-fascist, pro-communist philosophy. During WW2 he supported the US war effort, but following the war, during the "McCarthy" era he was denied a passport and his income was severely restricted. For a time he lived in London with his wife Essie. However after her death in 1965 he returned to the US to live out his life in Philidelphia. During the building of the Sydney Opera House, he stopped his grand tour of the site to sing to the workers. It was such a memorable occasion the CBD stopped for an hour and everybody assembled on the foreshore to listen to his great booming voice. I was in the audience that day! He died in 1976, aged 78 years.
If you are old enough to remember him there is nothing to compare the rich tone of Paul Robeson whose rendering of this song was unmatched. You can hear him at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlN5h4Jtp6I
One of the most signifcant activists of the Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century, Paul Leroy Robeson was born on April 9, 1898 in Princeton, New Jersey. He won an academic scholarship to Rutgers University in 1919 where he became an "all American" footballer and the Valedictorian of his year. He studied at Columbia Law School while playing in the NFL. Following this he soon established himself as one of the great bass-baritone voices of the century. His international singing career was but one string to his bow because he became a theatre and cinema actor of distinction, his portrayal of Othello on the London and Broadway stage is regarded as a high point of English Shakesperian Theatre of the 20th century!
Robeson became active in the civil rights movement during the Spanish Civil War and developed a strong anti-imperalist, anti-fascist, pro-communist philosophy. During WW2 he supported the US war effort, but following the war, during the "McCarthy" era he was denied a passport and his income was severely restricted. For a time he lived in London with his wife Essie. However after her death in 1965 he returned to the US to live out his life in Philidelphia. During the building of the Sydney Opera House, he stopped his grand tour of the site to sing to the workers. It was such a memorable occasion the CBD stopped for an hour and everybody assembled on the foreshore to listen to his great booming voice. I was in the audience that day! He died in 1976, aged 78 years.
