Beautiful Ohio

The official state song of Ohio, 1918.
words by Ballard Macdonald
music by Mary Earl (Robert A. Keiser)

A tribute to the Ohio River. Note: “Adapted from the waltz of the same name” (first issued as a piano instrumental).


The sheet music:


Accompaniment from a player piano roll:


Lyrics

Long, long ago, someone I know
Had a little red canoe
In it room for only two
Love found its start, then in my heart
And like a flower grew

Chorus
Drifting with the current down a moonlit stream
While above the Heavens in their glory gleam
And the stars on high twinkle in the sky
Seeming in a Paradise of love divine
Dreaming of a pair of eyes that looked in mine
Beautiful Ohio, in dreams again I see
Visions of what used to be

Second chorus obligato voice:
Drifting in the moonlight
While the Heavens gleam
Ah, Ah, Seeming deep in love
Dreaming of your eyes
Beautiful Ohio in my dreams used to be


Sung here by Fred Feild: