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Thread #51517   Message #837533
Posted By: masato sakurai
29-Nov-02 - 10:01 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Mollie Darling (Will S. Hays)
Subject: Lyr Add: MOLLIE DARLING (Will S. Hays, 1872)
Eddy Arnold's version is posted HERE. The original is:

MOLLIE DARLING
A Companion to "Mollie Brawn"
Song and Chorus
Written and composed by Will. S. Hays

1.
Won't you tell me, Mollie darling,
That you love none else but me?
For I love you, Mollie darling,
You are all the world to me.
O! tell me, darling, that you love me,
Put you little hand in mine,
Take my heart, sweet Mollie darling,
Say that you will give me thine.

CHORUS:
Mollie, fairest, sweetest, dearest,
Look up, darling, tell me this;
Do you love me, Mollie darling?
Let you answer be a kiss.

2.
Stars are smilling, Mollie darling,
Thro' the mystic vail[sic] of night;
They seem laughing, Mollie darling,
While fair Luna hides her light;
O! no one listens but the flowers,
While they hang their heads in shame.
They are modest, Mollie darling,
When they hear me call your name.

3.
I must leave you, Mollie darling,
Tho' the parting gives me pain;
When the stars shine, Mollie darling,
I will meet you here again.
O! good-night, Mollie, good-bye, loved one,
Happy may you ever be,
When you're dreaming, Mollie darling,
Don't forget to dream of me.

From The Virtual Gramophone [with RA/mp3]:

Mollie Darling / [W.S.] Hays
Performer: Haydn Quartet, male quartet with orchestra
Distributor: Berliner Gram-O-Phone Co. of Canada, Montreal
Manufacturer: Berliner Gram-O-Phone Co. of Canada , Quebec ,Canada
Recorded: [17 Dec 1907] , Camden, NJ by Victor Talking Machine
Released [ca. 28 Feb 1908]