An entrancing Foxtrot ballad from 1931.
Words and music by Peter Van Steeden and Harry & Jeff Clarkston.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Ev’ning marks the close of day
Skies of blue begin to grey
Crimson hues are fading in the West
Ev’ning ever brings to me
Dreams of days that used to be
Memories of those I love the best
Refrain
When shadows fall, and trees whisper day is ending
My thoughts are ever wending home
When crickets call, my heart is forever yearning
Once more to be returning home
When the hills conceal the setting sun
Stars begin a-peeping one by one
Night covers all, and though fortune may forsake me
Sweet dreams will ever take me home
Refrain
When shadows fall, and trees whisper day is ending
My thoughts are ever wending home
When crickets call, my heart is forever yearning
Once more to be returning home
Loving arms are waiting there for me
Precious lips to kiss so tenderly
Night covers all, and though fortune may forsake me
Sweet dreams will ever take me home
Sung here by Fred Feild: