By the Waters of Minnetonka lyrics

By the Waters of Minnetonka lyrics –  (J.M. Cavanass / Thurlow Lieurance) (1914)

Recorded by: Stanley Black; Jerry Gray & His Orch.; John Kirby; Glenn Miller; Ray Noble; Smith & Amherst Glee Club; E.A. Smith; Ethel Smith; Eddie South & His Alabamians; Slim Whitman; Artis Wodehouse. Performed on the I Love Lucy episode, The Indian Show, as well as the Red Skelton/Esther Williams musical Bathing Beauty

Moon Deer,
How near
Your soul divine!
Sun Deer,
No fear
In heart of mine.

Skies blue
O’er you
Look down in love.
Waves bright
Give light
As on they move.

Hear thou
My vow
To live to die,
Moon Deer,
Thee near,
Beneath this sky.

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