A 1921 popular song.
Words by Harley Rosso.
Music by Oscar Ericksen.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
1. There’s a quaint old legend true
Told to me and told to you
How from the Northland came Hiawatha fair
Wooing Minnehaha by the waters there
In his birch canoe he’d glide
With his laughing waters by his side
Love was like a melody
In that land of used to be
REFRAIN
Strolling down the path, beside the silvery stream
Thinking of the days of Hiawatha’s dream
Sweet Minnehaha will laugh with you
Till the stars come smiling through
Then a little spoon beneath the same old moon
While the laughing waters rush above
There ‘neath the fall, night birds will call
Singing songs of Minnehaha’s Love
2. Just above the rushing pool
Hiawatha held his school
He taught the wild birds the story of his love
Told it to the flowers and the trees above
But the famine came one day
Took his pretty bride and stole away
Still her love was melody
Drifting on for you and me
REFRAIN
Strolling down the path, beside the silvery stream
Thinking of the days of Hiawatha’s dream
Sweet Minnehaha will laugh with you
Till the stars come smiling through
Then a little spoon beneath the same old moon
While the laughing waters rush above
Soft shadows fall, from treetops tall
While we dream of Minnehaha’s Love