Presented in the 1908 musical play “The Red Moon”.
words by Bob Cole
music by J. Rosamond Johnson
The sheet music:
Accompaniment:
Lyrics
Jossakeed, the “mighty prophet”
Taught his people long years ago
Signs and symbols, war and famine
Always follow after falling stars and bleeding moon
Harken! to this warning, ere it be too late
Refrain
When the moon is bleeding
And the clouds are red
‘Tis an evil omen, Jossakeed has said
When the skies are crimson
In the nights of June
Oh! my people look not on the bleeding moon
Sung here by Fred Feild: