"By the Bend of the River", also known as "By the Bend in the River", is a song

Song

In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...

 by Clara Edwards

Clara Edwards (composer)

Clara Edwards was an American singer, pianist, and composer of art songs. She also used the pseudonym Bernard Haigh.-Biography:...

. Published in 1927, it was featured on the soundtrack of the 1930 feature film

Feature film

In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...

 Symphony in Two Flats starring Ivor Novello

Ivor Novello

David Ivor Davies , better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. Born into a musical family, his first successes were as a songwriter...

. Operatic soprano Grace Moore

Grace Moore

Grace Moore was an American operatic soprano and actress in musical theatre and film. She was nicknamed the "Tennessee Nightingale." Her films helped to popularize opera by bringing it to a larger audience.-Early life:...

 recorded the song in 1934,http://www.78discography.com/BRN15000.htm and Etta Jones

Etta Jones

Etta Jones was an American jazz singer. She is not to be confused with the more popular singer Etta James nor her namesake, a member of the Dandridge Sisters, who recorded with Jimmy Lunceford and was Gerald Wilson's first wife. Her best known recordings were "Don't Go To Strangers" and "Save...

 included it on her 1962 album From the Heart. Jazz singer Betty Carter

Betty Carter

Betty Carter was an American jazz singer renowned for her improvisational technique and idiosyncratic vocal style...

 had a strong affinity for the song. She recorded it three times, first on her 1958 studio album Out There

Out There (Betty Carter album)

Out There is a critically acclaimed avante-garde bop album by Betty Carter, released in February 1958. Ron Wynn of Allmusic called the album "a dynamic set."...

, and later on two live albums, Betty Carter at the Village Vanguard

Betty Carter at the Village Vanguard

Betty Carter at the Village Vanguard is a 1970 live album by Betty Carter featuring her performing with her trio at the Village Vanguard. It was Carter's first live album to be released, and the first album issued on her own label, Bet-Car Records...

and Round Midnight.

The song is sometimes credited to "Bernard (or Bernhard) Haig", a pen name

Pen name

A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...

Edwards used.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1275469/bio