Moonlight Bay

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"Moonlight Bay"
Moonlight-Bay-1912.jpg
Cover, sheet music, 1912
Song
LanguageEnglish
Published1912
Songwriter(s) Composer: Percy Wenrich
Lyricist: Edward Madden
Audio sample
Recording of Moonlight Bay, performed by the American Quartet (1911)

"Moonlight Bay" is a popular song. It is commonly referred to as "On Moonlight Bay". The lyrics were written by Edward Madden, the music by Percy Wenrich, and was published in 1912. It is often sung in a barbershop quartet style. Early successful recordings in 1912 were by the American Quartet and by Dolly Connolly. [1]

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Notable covers

Verses

Voices hum, crooning over Moonlight Bay
Banjos strum, tuning while the moonbeams play
All alone, unknown they find me
Memories like these remind me
Of the girl I left behind me
Down on Moonlight Bay
Candle lights gleaming on the silent shore
Lonely nights, dreaming till we meet once more
Far apart, her heart, is yearning
With a sigh for my returning
With the light of love still burning
As in days of yore

Choir

We were sailing along
On Moonlight Bay.
We could hear the voices ringing;
They seemed to say,
"You have stolen my heart"
"Now don't go 'way!"
As we sang "Love's Old Sweet Song"
On Moonlight Bay
(On Moonlight Bay.)

The original sheet music and 1912 recordings use the lyrics above.

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