From the operetta “The Red Mill”, 1906.
words by Henry Blossom
music by Victor Herbert
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
The day is gone and the night comes on
And the birds have sought their nest
The shadows fall in a dark’ning pall
And the weary world’s at rest
The stars are awakening one, by one
The whispering breezes are still
The moon shining bright with a radiant light
Is silvering valley and hill
Refrain
Moonbeams shining, soft above, let me beg of you
Find the one I dearly love! tell him I’ll e’er be true
Fate may part us, years may pass! future all unknown!
Still my love shall ever prove, faithful to him alone
Oh! wandering wind won’t you quickly
Find my dear one wher-e’er he may be?
And bring me the message he fain would send
I know he is dreaming of me!
Sung here by Fred Feild: