ROLL ON, SILVER MOON
His voice was like a part of the night and the moonlight
and the stillness of the prairie. He came to the doorway, singing... -- Little House on
the Prairie, Chapter 6, "Moving In"
"Roll On, Silver Moon" (also known as "The Silver Moon" or "The Bonny Moon") was written by Joseph W. Turner in England. Two American versions were published in 1847, one of them arranged by Turner. While Laura Ingalls Wilder included the correct first line of the chorus of this song in her manuscripts for Little House on the Prairie - "Roll on, silver moon..." - it was printed as "Sail on" in all published versions.
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ROLL ON, SILVER MOON
1. As I stray'd from my cot at the close of the day, 'Mid the ravishing beauties of June. 'Neath a jessamine shade I espied a fair maid, And she plaintively sigh'd to the moon.
[chorus] Roll on silver moon, point the trav'ler his way While the nightingale's song is in tune. I never, never more with my true love will stray, By thy soft silver beams, gentle moon.
2. As the Hart on the mountain, my lover was brave, So noble, and manly and clever, So kind and sincere, and he loved me full dear. Oh my Edwin his equal was never.
3. But alas he is dead and gone to death's bed Cut down like a rose in full bloom All alone doth he sleep while I thus sadly weep Neath thy soft silver light gentle moon.
4. His lone grave I'll seek out until morning appears And weep o'er my lover so brave I'll embrace the cold sod and bathe with my tears The sweet flowers that bloom o'er his grave.
5. Ah me ne'er again may my bosom rejoice For my lost love I fain would meet soon And fond lovers will weep o'er the grave where we sleep Neath thy soft silver light, gentle moon. |
ROLL ON, SILVER MOON (from Little House on the Prairie)
Sail on, silver moon! Shed your radiance o'er the sky...
By the pale, silver light of the moon...
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