Good Night, Sleep Tight

Good Night, Sleep Tight lyrics – performed by Louis Armstrong in The Five Pennies, words and music by Sylvia Fine

Goodnight, time to call it a day
Sleep tight, dream your troubles away
Goodnight, in spite of any sorrow
There’s a brand new day on it’s way tomorrow
Someday, all your dreams will come true
Someway, for me and you
So close your eyes and dream of it my darling
Till then goodnight, goodnight, sleep tight

Won’t you play the music so the cradle can rock
To a lullaby in ragtime
Sleepy hands are creeping to the end of the clock
Play a lullaby in ragtime
You can tell the sandman is on his way
By the way that they play
As still as the trill of a thrush
In a twilight hush
So you can hear
The rhythm of the river on the side of the boat
As you sail away to dreamland
High above the moon you hear a silvery note
As the sand man takes your hand
So rock-a-bye my baby
Don’t you cry my baby
Sleepy time is nigh
Won’t you rock me to a ragtime lullaby

Now comes the hard part, baby.
Do you suppose you can sing “Five Pennies” while
Pops and I sing something else?
Sure, I can sing as good as he can.
And who can’t?

This little penny is to wish on
And make your wishes come true
This little penny is to dream on
Dream of all you can do
This little is a dancing penny
See how it glitters and it glows
Bright as a whistle
Light as a thistle
Quick, quick as a wink
Up on it’s twinkling toes
This little penny is to laugh on
To see that tears never fall
This this little penny
Is the last little penny
Most important of all
For this penny is to love on
And where love is, heaven is there
So with just five pennies, if they’re these five pennies
You’ll be a millionaire
For this penny is to love on
And where love is, heaven is there
So with just five pennies, if they’re these five pennies
You’ll be a millionaire