Moon Behind the Hill, The

DESCRIPTION: "I watched last night the rising moon Upon a foreign strand... I dreamt I was a child once more... When first I saw, in days of yore, The moon behind the hill." It makes him remember his boyhood, his mother's love, Mary's grave
AUTHOR: Music: T. Brigham Bishop (source: sheet music published by Oliver Ditson & Co)
EARLIEST DATE: 1858 (sheet music copyright)
KEYWORDS: love home separation death mother | moon hill
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REFERENCES (3 citations):
Waiting-for-a-Broadway-Stage-Songster, p. 65, "The Moon Behind the Hill" (1 text)
Velocipede-Songster, p. 64, "The Moon Behind the Hill" (1 text)
Wolf-AmericanSongSheets, #1457, p. 99, "The Moon Behind the Hill" (4 references)
Roud #31735
File: WBSS065

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