When It's Moonlight On The Prairie
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"When It's Moonlight On The Prairie" is a popular song published in 1908 with lyrics by Robert F. Roden and music by S.R. Henry. The lyrics tell of a cowboy eloping with his Mary. The chorus is:
"When It's Moonlight On The Prairie" has been recorded many times.
- When it's moonlight on the prairie, darling Mary,
- I'll be waiting with the ponies, love for you;
- There's a parson only twenty miles away, twenty miles away, twenty miles away;
- When the knot is tied, then side by side we'll ride, dear,
- To a pretty little home I've built for you;
- I'll be waiting, waiting, waiting for you, Mary,
- When it's moonlight on the prairie, Mary dear!'
"When It's Moonlight On The Prairie" has been recorded many times.
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- "When It's Moonlight On The Prairie", Byron G. HarlanByron G. HarlanByron G. Harlan was an American singer from Kansas, a comic minstrel singer and balladeer who often recorded with Arthur Collins. The two together were often billed as "Collins & Harlan".-Solo recordings:1899...
(Edison Gold Moulded 9850, 1908)—Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project.