Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day

About Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day

"Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day" or "Little Man (You've Had a Busy Day)" is a modern classical vocal music song, written by Mabel Wayne, Al Hoffman and Maurice Sigler. It has been recorded by multiple artists form various musical genres. The tune is written about a lullaby both in theme and mood. It was first recorded by Elsie Carlisle with orchestral accompaniment on May 18, 1934 and released for Decca Records (F. 3990) in 1934. "Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day" became a hit song as it was covered by four major artists the same year. These cover versions were by artists including Emil Coleman, Isham Jones, Paul Robeson, Al Bowlly with the Ray Noble Orchestra and the Pickens Sisters, who made the song popular in the United States. The song was later covered by Perry Como (1958), Sarah Vaughan and Count Basie (1961), Dakota Staton (1972), Monica Borrfors (1994) as well as Connee Boswell and Art Tatum. Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1956 for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the box set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954-56) issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009. In 2016, the British Rock musician Eric Clapton released his take on the song for his twenty-second studio album I Still Do and brought the song to new young generation and into a completely different musical genre. more »

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2001

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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 weary head

Little man, you're cryin', I know why you're blue
Someone took your kiddy-car away
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 away
Better go to sleep now
Little man, you've had a busy day

You've been playin' soldier, the battle has been won
The enemy is out of sight
Come along there soldier, put away your gun
The war is over for tonight

Time to stop your schemin', time your day was through
Can't you hear the bugle softly say
Time you should be dreamin'
Little man, you've had a busy day

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Bing Crosby

Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby (May 3, 1903 – October 14, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation. more »

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