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Dream On (An Indian Lullaby)
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"Dream On" is a popular song written by B.G. DeSylva with music composed by Herbert Victor. The song is a Cherokee
mother's lullaby to her child. The lyrics as first written are:
The first commercial recording of "Dream On" was by Mario Chamlee
(Brunswick 10158) in 1925.
Cherokee
The Cherokee are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States . Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian language family...
mother's lullaby to her child. The lyrics as first written are:
- When the red Indian sun
- Bids his goodbye;
- Mother sees Cherokee's sleeptime's nigh,
- When the fast fading day leaves a gray sky,
- Twilight comes, then she hums this lullaby;
- Dream on, mother is holding you, Ah yah*, ah yah;
- Dream on, night is enfolding you, Ah yah, ah yah;
- Some fair silver canoe
- Carries you through into Dreamland,
- Over a blue lagoon
- Where the crickets croon, Ah yah, ah yah.
- Dream on, mother is holding you, Ah yah, ah yah;
- Dream on, night is enfolding you, Ah yah, ah yah;
- New moon slender and frail
- Quickly will pale and be gone,
- And you'll come back to me then in the rose of dawn.
- *Indian for "bye-lo" pronounced Hey-ah.
The first commercial recording of "Dream On" was by Mario Chamlee
Mario Chamlee
Mario Chamlee was the lyric tenor who replaced Enrico Caruso at the Metropolitan Opera. His birth name was Archer Cholmondeley...
(Brunswick 10158) in 1925.