Published 1922 | Language English | |
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Writer(s) Composer: Victor Herbert
Lyricist: B.G. DeSylva | ||
"Dream On (An Indian Lullaby)" is a popular song written by B.G. DeSylva with music composed by Herbert Victor. The song is a Cherokee mother's lullaby to her child. The lyrics as first written are:
When the red Indian sun Bids his goodbye; Mother sees Cherokee's sleeptime's nigh, When the fast fading day leaves a gray sky, Twilight comes, then she hums this lullaby; Dream on, mother is holding you, Ah yah*, ah yah; Dream on, night is enfolding you, Ah yah, ah yah; Some fair silver canoe Carries you through into Dreamland, Over a blue lagoon Where the crickets croon, Ah yah, ah yah. Dream on, mother is holding you, Ah yah, ah yah; Dream on, night is enfolding you, Ah yah, ah yah; New moon slender and frail Quickly will pale and be gone, And you'll come back to me then in the rose of dawn. *Indian for "bye-lo" pronounced Hey-ah.The first commercial recording of "Dream On" was by Mario Chamlee (Brunswick 10158) in 1925.
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