Pale Moon
Encyclopedia
"Pale Moon" is a popular song composed by Frederic Knight Logan with lyrics by Jesse G. M. Glick. The song was written in 1920. Frank Sinatra
recorded a version with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in 1941. Jimmy Wakely
and Tex Williams
also recorded popular Western and Western Swing versions.
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
recorded a version with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra in 1941. Jimmy Wakely
Jimmy Wakely
James Clarence Wakeley , better known as Jimmy Wakely, was an American country-Western singer and actor, one of the last crooning cowpokes following World War II...
and Tex Williams
Tex Williams
Sollie Paul Williams , known professionally as Tex Williams, was an American Western swing musician from Ramsey, Illinois....
also recorded popular Western and Western Swing versions.
Lyrics
The lyrics as published:- Out of my lodge at eventide,
- Mong the sobbing pine,
- Footsteps echo by my side,
- A spirit face, a sign.
- Twilight skies are all alight
- Across the deep lagoon.
- A face is breaking through the night,
- My Indian {maid} {brave}, Pale Moon.
- Speak to thy love forsaken,
- Thy spirit mantle throw.
- Ere thou the great white dawn awaken'
- And to the sea thou swingest low,
- Then to the west,
- I'll follow across the deep lagoon,
- Swift as a flying arrow,
- To thy abode, Pale Moon.