"Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" is a popular song written by Jean Schwartz, with lyrics by Sam M. Lewis and Joe Young. The song was published in 1918.
Probably the best-known recordings of the song were by Al Jolson (who introduced it), Sammy Davis, Jr. (who frequently sang it in his live shows), and Judy Garland. It was also a hit for Jerry Lewis in the 1950s. Aretha Franklin also recorded a lesser-known version of this song for her album "The Electrifying Aretha Franklin", which reached #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1961, her first hit.
In the 1950s, it was issued on the Peter Pan Records label, aimed at children, on a 45 RPM record as the flip side of "When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)".
Also Cher recorded the song for her album Bittersweet White Light (1973).
Sample lyric:
Harvey Fierstein sang it to Katie Couric during her last day hosting the Today show, with the modified lyrics "Rock-a-bye your rock-a-bye Katie with a goodbye melody".