A popular song from 1924
Words by Bartley Costello and Harry Von Tilzer
Music by Harry Von Tilzer
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
The sheet music:
Lyrics
- So you’ve come to the lights that make days out of nights
You are charmed by the glare of the flame
Little moth have a care, for the road to despair
Is just crowded by others who came
Who can tell in the future what may be your fate
Don’t be sorry, just when it’s too late
Refrain:
Little moth keep away from the flame
You are playing a dangerous game
‘Neath the light that shines so bright
Many trusting hearts are aching tonight
Who’s to blame, little moth, who’s to blame
If you follow the pathway to shame?
Take that roadway that turns
Where a mother’s love yearns
Little moth keep away from the flame
Moth keep away from the flame
- Little moth there’s a light gleaming for you each night
And it beams thru’ the Home window pane
There two tender eyes yearn, longing for your return
As they watch down the old Village Lane
Take the train and go back where most folks are sincere
You will find mighty few of them here