Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Cab Calloway
Canonical path: /cab-calloway/the-nightmare
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The Nightmare
Read The Nightmare lyrics by Cab Calloway on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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The Nightmare
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Slumber, never comes around 'til dawn,
My head starts reeling,
I dream that I'm kneeling,
It seems that I'm kneeling on the ceiling of my room!
Nightmare, sure has got me in the air,
It's no use denying,
And there's no denying,
I dream that I'm dying and going in my tomb.
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Cab Calloway performs "The Nightmare", and this lyric page sits inside the Cab Calloway catalog on LyroVerse.
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Yes. The related section below points to Cabin In The Cotton (There's A) and A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird with a short reason for opening each page next.
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