Lyrics

There was a dusky little maid in a lonely glade,

Sang a serenade—

Came a warrior true, ev'ry night to woo—

He would softly coo, I love you.

On bended knee so fathfully he would ever be,

Pleading earnestly— be my pretty bride

O'er the prairies ride—be my silver star—

Chorus:

We will be dreaming by campfires gleaming, in lands afar,

Tell me you are, my silver star.

We'll go a creeping while squaw is sleeping, there will be a war,

If we should tarry, my silver Star.

(repeat)

Next morning just a break of day they were far away,

Looking bright and gay—

Chief was feeling blue, knew not what to do—

Where they journeyed to, no one knew.

One day they spied the blushing bride on the prairies wide,

Riding by his side— then he whispered low

She is mine you know— she's my silver star—

(Chorus)

External links

• "Silver Star", Ada Jones
  Ada Jones
  Ada Jones was a popular mezzo-soprano who recorded from 1905 to the early 1920s. She was born in Lancashire, England but moved with her family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the age of six in 1879...
  
   & Billy Murray
  Billy Murray (singer)
  William Thomas "Billy" Murray was one of the most popular singers in the United States in the early decades of the 20th century...
  
   (Edison Blue Amberol 1858, 1913)—Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project.
• "Silver Star", Gladys Rice & George W. Ballard (Edison Blue Amberol 3068, 1917)—Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project.