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Thread #1217 Message #3177769
Posted By: GUEST,999
28-Jun-11 - 10:20 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Eleanor (from 'Lum and Abner')
Subject: Lyr Add: ELEANOR (Jessie L. Deppen)
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Eleanor - Early Lum and Abner theme music
"To my dear friend Rae Eleanor Ball
ELEANOR (A Serenade)
Words & Music by Jessie L. Deppen
(copyright 1914, 1918)
The birds of the forest are calling
From the wild-wood far a-way ----
While the night shades so softly are falling
At the close ---- of the day; ----
Each breeze brings a message from love-land,
Fond and true, dear, fond and true, ----
With each spark from the dew,
My fond heart, dear, calls to you, ---- calls to you, ----
The moon is creeping high o'er the hill,
Nature is sleeping, the world is still, ----
Come, ope your window ---- cast one sweet rose,
A rose to prove, to prove your love.
My heart is sighing for you, my own,
With love undying for you alone; ----
Beneath your window ---- and star-lit skies, ----
I wait the love-light, the love-light that beams in your bright eyes.----
Then come while the nightbirds are calling,
As the moonbeams brightly shine, ----
And we'll wander thro' love-land together,
Dreaming love dreams so divine; ----
I'll sing you sweet songs of a love, dear,
That will linger evermore,----
And this big world will seem but a beautiful dream,
Eleanor, Eleanor. ------------"