I was strolling down the lane With my sweetheart by the hand, She was asking a favour of the moon. And though we were so young Yet we were both as one, 'Neath the bright silvery of the moon. So shine on silvery light, Shine on through the night The nightingales are singing their sweet song Well there's not a time so sweet As when two lovers meet Neath the bright silvery light of the moon. .Instrumental. I gave to her a ring And we named our wedding day We planned on being married in the spring Ah but now she is dead And lying in her grave Neath the bright silvery light of the moon. So shine on silvery light, Shine on through the night The nightingales are singing their sweet song Well there's not a time so sweet As when two lovers meet Neath the bright silvery light of the moon Neath the bright silvery light of the moon. End