The Library of Congress, in its Cowell collection, has a field recording called OH, MAMA, HOW PRETTY THE MOON SHINES TONIGHT collected in California in 1939.

OH, MAMA, HOW PRETTY THE MOON SHINES TONIGHT

Oh, Mama, how pretty the moon shines tonight!
She was never so cunning before.
Her two little horns are s' sharp and so bright,
I hope they won't grow any more.

If I were up there with you and my friends,
We'd sit in the middle and hold to both ends,
Oh, what a nice cradle 'twould be!

We'd call to the stars to keep out of our road,
For fear we should walk over their toes.
And there we would sit till dawn of the day
And see where the pretty moon goes.

And on the next rainbow, and on the next rainbow, we'd come home.