A popular song from 1940.
Words and music by Billy Hill.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
It’s maybe just the murmur of the night wind
Or the sighing of the leaves I hear
Or the moonlight on the stream that makes me dream
But somehow I feel you near
Chorus
Just a melancholy echo
Ling’ring when the day is thru
It’s the call of the canyon
Once again I’m dreaming of you
Ev’ry night I search the moonlight
Up and down the river shore
It’s the call of the canyon
Maybe I will find you once more
Standing there alone by the ashes
Of the fire we said would never die
Will I ever find an ember
Burning from the days gone by?
Then I hear a lonely whisper
As a little spark I see
It’s the call of the canyon
Bringing back your answer to me