The moon is sinking fast my love,
The stars now shine less bright
With a heavy heart must I depart,
Good night, my love, good night.

Heav'n guard thee through the [early]1 hours,
And speed the morning's flight.
[I will]2 soon return to my heart's sojourn,
Good night, my love, good night.

The moon has sunk at last, my love,
The stars [withhold]3 their light
But [even]4 in my dreams thine eyes shall beam,
Good night, my love, good night.

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Note: the Barili score indicates the author as "W. R. Thayer".

¹ Chadwick: "tardy"
² Chadwick: "I'll"
³ Chadwick: "will hold"
⁴ Chadwick: "e'en"

Text Authorship:

• possibly by William Roscoe Thayer (1859 - 1923) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Alfredo Barili (1854 - 1935), "Good night", published 1878 [ voice and piano ], Philadelphia, W. H. Boner [sung text checked 1 time]
• by George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), "Good night", 1881 [ voice and piano ], from Three songs by Chadwick, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

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