{"id":17177,"date":"2022-10-10T09:31:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T09:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=17177"},"modified":"2025-12-28T08:14:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T08:14:25","slug":"silver-bell","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/silver-bell\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Bell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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First Published<\/td>1910<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>Edward Madden \/ Percy Weinrich<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN24627<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Gertie Gitana<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Hibbler, Miss Charlotte; USA : Pennsylvania : 1928
Carmack, Effie; USA : California : 1951
Woods, Eula; USA : Arkansas : 1960
Janzen, Mrs. Otto; USA : Arkansas : 1962 <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Beneath the light of a bright starry night\nSang a lonely little Indian maid:\n\u201cNo lover\u2019s sweet serenade\nHas ever won me.\u201d\nAs in a dream, it would seem, down the stream,\nGaily paddling his tiny canoe,\nA chieftain longing to woo\nSang her this song:\n\n\u201cYour voice is ringing, my Silver Bell,\nUnder it\u2019s spell\nI\u2019ve come to tell you of the love I am bringing\nO\u2019er hill and dell,\nHappy we\u2019ll dwell, my Silver Bell.\u201d<\/em>\n\nFor many moons, many spoons, many tunes\nWoke the echoes of the still Summer night,\nAs down the stream gleaming bright\nThey floated dreaming.\nIn his canoe, only two, sat to woo,\nAnd they listened to the sigh of the breeze,\nThat seemed to sing in the trees\nThis sweet refrain:<\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
 A popular  Tin Pan Alley song published in 1910. The words were written by by Edward Madden, who was responsible for a number of extremely popular songs, not least By the light of the silvery moon<\/em>. It was one of a number of songs in that period which drew on romanticised racial stereotype of Native Americans. The song was imported from the States and became a key part of the repertoire of former child star Gertie Gitana in the British Music Halls. In America it was adopted by bluegrass players, and was also collected from several traditional singers in the Appalachians. It doesn’t seem to have entered the traditional repertoire in the British Isles or Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As sung by Gertie Gitana:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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