Lyr Req: Mollie Darling (Will S. Hays)

Subject: Trying to find a 'Molly' song
From: GUEST,The always Perplexed Folkie
Date: 16 Sep 02 - 12:35 PM

I'm trying desperatly to locate a recording (Hopefully a reissue of the original on a cd) of a song for a friend - she remembers " Let me call you Molly Darlin'" and "Stars are shining Molly Darlin', Through the mistic vale of night..Oh, no one but the little flowers..." It's probably someone like Hank Williams or Gene Autry. Anyone shed any light on who made this 50 year old song? Thanks

Subject: RE: Trying to find a 'Molly' song
From: greg stephens
Date: 16 Sep 02 - 01:20 PM

Try "Do you love me Molly darlin" in the DT search at the top of the page(sorry, cant do clickies).

Subject: RE: Trying to find a 'Molly' song
From: masato sakurai
Date: 16 Sep 02 - 02:01 PM

Listen to "Molly Darling" sung by Eddy Arnold [Realaudio] from The Record Lady's All-Time Country Favorites.

Original sheet music from the Levy Collection:
Title: Mollie Darling. Beautiful Song & Chorus.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: By Will S. Hays.
Publication: New York: J.L. Peters, 1872.

~Masato

Subject: Lyr Add: MOLLIE DARLING (Will S. Hays, 1872)
From: masato sakurai
Date: 29 Nov 02 - 10:01 PM

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]

Subject: RE: Trying to find a 'Molly' song
From: masato sakurai
Date: 29 Nov 02 - 10:31 PM

Stephen Foster's Molly! Do You Love Me? might be a source of inspiration. The sheet music is at the Levy site:

Title: Molly! Do You Love Me? Song.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Written & Composed for the Piano Forte by S[tephen] C[ollins] Foster.
Publication: Baltimore: F.D. Benteen, 1850.
Form of Composition: strophic with chorus
Instrumentation: piano and voice
First Line: Molly do you love me? Can the morning beam love a lowly flowret
First Line of Chorus: Molly! do you love me? Tell me, tell me true
Plate Number: 1706
Subject: Courtship & love
Call No.: Box: 067 Item: 131

Subject: RE: Trying to find a 'Molly' song
From: GUEST,lardingo
Date: 30 Nov 02 - 10:13 AM

Tom Paul and The Glasier Brothers had this song on an album released sometime on the 70's. The album was featured on one of the most Gawd-awful movies I have ever seen: Flareup, starring Farrah Fawcet. The album was pretty good, though.

Subject: RE: Trying to find a 'Molly' song
From: Will Bakker
Date: 30 Nov 02 - 01:24 PM

Molly Dee by the Kingston trio.
All their lyrics:

Subject: RE: Trying to find a 'Molly' song
From: Will Bakker
Date: 30 Nov 02 - 01:27 PM

I'm sorry, I didn't read the question properly. Wrong song!

Subject: Lyr Add: I HAVE MISSED YOU MOLLIE DARLING
From: masato sakurai
Date: 01 Dec 02 - 06:38 AM

Many Molly (or Mollie) songs were published. This seems to be a sequel:

Title: I Have Missed You Mollie Darling. Song & Chorus.
Composer, Lyricist, Arranger: Words by Arthur W. French. Music by Henry Tucker.
Henry Tucker Publication: New York: Wm. Hall & Son, 754 Broadway, 1872.
Form of Composition: strophic with chorus
Instrumentation: piano and voice (solo and satb chorus)
First Line: I have miss'd you Mollie darling, from the spot we know so well
First Line of Chorus: Yes I've miss'd you Mollie darling, more than words of mine can tell
Dedicatee: To My Friend Mrs. Mary R. Huntly, Brooklyn, L.I.
Plate Number: 6643
Subject: Absences
Subject: Love
Subject: Homecomings
Call No.: Box: 133 Item: 026

I HAVE MISSED YOU MOLLIE DARLING

1.
I have miss'd you Mollie darling,
from the spot we know so well,
Where I kissed you Mollie darling,
long ago a sweet farewell.
Smiles of thine no more may great me
While your voice I never hear,
Will you come again to greet me,
For I miss you Mollie dear.

Chorus
Yes I've miss'd [Yes I've miss'd] you Mollie darling,
More than words [More than words] of mine can tell,
Since I kissed you Mollie darling,
Long ago a sweet farewell.

2.
I have miss'd you Mollie darling,
miss'd the sunlight of your smile,
And the kisses Mollie darling,
that you gave me by the stile,
I have listened in the gleaming
for your footsteps drawing near,
Waiting vainly for your coming,
for I miss you Mollie dear.

(Chorus)