Oft in the Stilly Night

DESCRIPTION: "Oft in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond memory brings to light Of other days around me." The singer remembers the old days, the friends he had. The singer feels like the last one in an empty banquet hall
AUTHOR: Words: Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
EARLIEST DATE: 1860 (Dime-Song-Book #5)
KEYWORDS: nonballad
FOUND IN: Ireland
REFERENCES (5 citations):
Kane-SongsAndSayingsOfAnUlsterChildhood, p. 153, "Oft in the stilly night" (1 fragment)
Heart-Songs, p. 91, "Oft in the Stilly Night" (1 text, 1 tune)
Jolly-Miller-Songster-5thEd, #83, "Oft in the Stilly Night" (1 text)
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, p. 50, "Oft in the Stilly Night" (1 text)
Dime-Song-Book #5/72, p. 25 and #5/64, p. 21, "Oft in the Stilly Night" (1 text)
Roud #25277
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Harding B 40(25b), "Oft in the Stilly Night," J. Pitts (London), before 1845; also also Firth b.26(40) (a cut-down version of the preceding); also Firth b.28(34), unknown, n.d.;
File: HeSo091

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