Lucy Love- D.B. Clark 1895
[This is a minstrel song titled, "Shining Moon," from Christy's Plantation Melodies by E.P. Christy (originator of Ethiopian Minstrelsy), published By Fisher & Brother, circa 1851. The full text is included below.
R. Matteson 2014]
LUCY LOVE
Last night when the moon was beaming,
I strolled with my happy love,
The stars above were gleaming,
The moon shone bright above.
CHORUS
Oh silvery shining moonbeams
Still guide us on our way,
For soon you'll see that married we will be,
And, oh, what a happy day!
2. We wandered down by the brookside,
Where we never had been before
He heard the gurgling waters
Roll down the pebbily shore.
(Sung by D . B. Clark about the year 1895 for L.L.McDowell )
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Shining Moon- Christy 1851
Last night, when the moon was beaming,
I strolled with my Lucy love ;
The flowers were sleeping around us,
And tne stars were shining above.
We walked along by the brook-side,
Where i never wandered before,
And we heard the waters gurgling
Their notes by the pebbled shore.
Chorus. Oh, silver-shining moon,
Guide Ephraim on his way,
And soon you'll see he'll married be-
Oh! what a happy day!
The night-hawk had sung his song,
The owl sang in the tree.
The whippoorwills were waltzing
Around my girl and me.
I asked her if she would have me ;
A blush came o'er her cheek,
Her heart it palpitated,
But Lucy could not speak.
Chorus. Oh, silver-shining moon, &c.
Oh, then I take her in my arms,
And tried to make her speak;
The tears as pure as drops of dew,
Flow'd down her sable cheek.
At length she whispered in my ear,
And said she would have me soon;
I kiss'd away the dewy tears,
And danced by the light of the moon.
Chorus. Oh, silver-shining moon, &c.