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Thread #5705   Message #1298530
Posted By: Jim Dixon
16-Oct-04 - 02:15 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: By the Waters of Minnetonka
Subject: Lyr Add: BY THE WATERS OF MINNETONKA
Lyrics below transcribed from the sheet music at The Library of Congress American Memory Collection.

You can hear a 1920 recording of this song at The Virtual Gramophone.

BY THE WATERS OF MINNETONKA: INDIAN LOVE SONG.
Words, J. M. Cavanass. Music, Thurlow Lieurance. Copyright 1914.

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.

[By the way, Lake Minnetonka is a large irregularly shaped lake with lots of bays, just west of Minneapolis, now enveloped by suburbs.]