an old-fashioned song with a fox trot swing, 1923
words by Gus Kahn
music by Isham Jones
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. There’s a nightingale callin’
Out where moonbeams are fallin’
He’s makin’ love to a red, red rose
I wander down the lane where we started
Lover’s Lane where we parted
I’m so unhappy, but no one knows
Chorus
Ev’rybody hand in hand
Swingin’ down the lane
Ev’rybody feelin’ grand
Swingin’ down the lane
That’s the time I miss the bliss
That we might have known
Nights like this
When I’m all alone
When the moon is on the rise
Honey, I’m so blue
Watchin’ lovers makin’ eyes
Like we used to do
When the moon is on the wane
Still I’m waitin’ all in vain
Should be swingin’ down the lane with you
2. Seems the whole world is matin’
While alone I keep waitin’
There’s no one even to sympathize
I try to leave old mem’ries behind me
But it seems that they find me
Each star above tells me of your eyes
Sung here by Fred Feild: