A popular song from 1926
Words by Chester Wallace
Music by Sherman Myers
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Dewdrops glistening, no one listening
By the Ganges someone whispering
To a Hindoo maid:
“Though tomorrow, dear, you will yearn
Don’t you sorrow, dear, I’ll return
To my Hindoo maid”
Melody bells of love ring out
‘Neath the mellow moon
Melody bells of love that try to tell you
I’m returning soon
Refrain
In the mellow moonlight on the Ganges
My little Hindoo
When I whispered Love’s sweet melody
All our dreams and our schemes came true
Someday on the Ganges
I’ll meet you once more
And I’ll kiss you and caress you
Where the waters kiss the silent shore
- In a caravan far from Hindustan
Slowly jogs a weary camel man
‘Neath the harvest moon
Fields of cotton he used to stray
Not forgotten but far away
He’ll be nearing soon
Wonderful tales he’ll have to tell
Of the quaint bazaars
Glistening eyes will welcome him
Beneath the desert stars
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: