Silver Star (1910 song)

Not to be confused with Silver Star (song).
"Silver Star"

Cover of sheet music, 1910.
Song
Published 1910
Form Intermezzo
Composer(s) Charles L. Johnson
Language English

"Silver Star" is an intermezzo composed by Charles L. Johnson in 1910.[1] In 1911, William R. Clay added lyrics which tell of an Indian warrior eloping with an unnamed Indian maiden whom he refers to as his "silver star".

Lyrics

The lyrics as written by Clay:[2]

There was a dusky little maid in a lonely glade,
Sang a serenade
Came a warrior true, ev'ry night to woo
He would softly coo, I love you.
On bended knee so fathfully he would ever be,
Pleading earnestly be my pretty bride
O'er the prairies ridebe my silver star
Chorus:
We will be dreaming by campfires gleaming, in lands afar,
Tell me you are, my silver star.
We'll go a creeping while squaw is sleeping, there will be a war,
If we should tarry, my silver Star.
(repeat)
Next morning just a break of day they were far away,
Looking bright and gay
Chief was feeling blue, knew not what to do
Where they journeyed to, no one knew.
One day they spied the blushing bride on the prairies wide,
Riding by his side then he whispered low
She is mine you know she's my silver star
(Chorus)

References

  1. Johnson, "Silver Star" (Sheet music, 1910).
  2. Clay, "Silver Star" (Sheet music, 1911).

Bibliography


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