LALAWANA LULLABY
Words by Allen White, music by Robert Stark, ©1921.
Lyrics from the sheet music found at Baylor University:

VERSE: When the twilight began to fade,
To his maiden an Indian played.
From his lute wild notes ascended to the summer sky.
Soon the maiden beside him came.
Lalawana he called her name.
On the evening breeze he blended soft a lullaby.

CHORUS: The sun is glowing beyond the west.
The day has gone to rest.
Lalawana, close your eyes.
Now the evening star
Sends its beam afar
To the little fire flies.
Dusky shadows come a-falling
And cover us two.
Dreamy slumber land is calling
To me and to you.
We’ll linger here in a leafy nook
Beside the silv’ry brook,
Singing drowsily along
While the whippoorwill
From the distant hill
Sends to us its plaintive song.
Let slumber bring to you
Its happy dream; I’ll watch with loving eye
While I hold you and sing to you
My Lalawana lullaby.


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The Internet Archive has recordings by:
Billy Jones and Ernest Hare, 1921. They perform this “straight” (not for laughs).
Vernon Dalhart and Ernest Hare, 1921.
Charles Hart and Elliott Shaw, 1922.
YouTube has a recording by
(Nathan) Glantz and His Orchestra, 1922.
The Imperial Marimba Band (instrumental only, 1922)
Various discographies say there were also recordings by:
Ferrera and Franchini, 1922.

There is an older song called ON LALAWANA’S SHORE (“South Sea Island Love Song”) (1904).