Verse 1: Mamam mamam mama, mamam mamam mama.
Heah dat baby cry!
Little black face all wet with tears
Dat make yo' mammy sigh.
Lawdy hear her holler,
She ain't wuf a dollar,
Till her Mammy sings dis song ma baby.

Chorus: Mammy's little pickaninny peek-a-boo,
Hiding dar behind de chimbley I see you,
Water-million am a waitin', good to eat;
Fo' Mammy's little Dinah black and sweet; come a lady well-a
Mammy's little pickaninny peek-a-boo,
Hiding dar behind de chimbley I see you, ma baby,
Water-million am a waitin', good to eat;
Fo' Mammy's little Dinah black and sweet.

Verse 2: Lala lala lala, lala lala lala.
Heah dat blackness sing!
, Chu-chu chu-chu chu-chu chu-chu,
'Jes watch dat pigeon wing.
See dose feet a dancin'
Soon she'll be a prancin'
When her Mammy sings dis song ma baby.

Chorus: Mammy's little pickaninny peek-a-boo,
Hiding dar behind de chimbley I see you,
Water-million am a waitin', good to eat;
Fo' Mammy's little Dinah black and sweet; come a lady well-a
Mammy's little pickaninny peek-a-boo,
Hiding dar behind de chimbley I see you, ma baby,
Water-million am a waitin', good to eat;
Fo' Mammy's little Dinah black and sweet.

Verse 3: Heahea heahea heahea, heahea heahea heahea.
Heah dat sweetness laff!
, Bandy legs and little black feet,
A comin' down de path.
Fo' her bread and 'lasses,
Her eyes shine like glasses,
Den her Mammy sings dis song ma baby.

Chorus: Mammy's little pickaninny peek-a-boo,
Hiding dar behind de chimbley I see you,
Water-million am a waitin', good to eat;
Fo' Mammy's little Dinah black and sweet; come a lady well-a
Mammy's little pickaninny peek-a-boo,
Hiding dar behind de chimbley I see you, ma baby,
Water-million am a waitin', good to eat;
Fo' Mammy's little Dinah black and sweet.