Hiawatha's Melody of Love

Hiawatha's Melody of Love is a 1920 song by George W. Meyer, Alfred Bryan, and Artie Mehlinger.

Lyrics
Where the summer skies tenderly

Kiss the pines that rise slenderly

By a forest stream

Indian lovers came to dream

'Neath the moon aglow

In the long ago

They sang of love sweet and low

And the song they sang was Hiawatha's melody

Just a golden memory

Of the days that used to be

As they sat entranced beneath the weeping willow tree

Every leaf up above seemed to tremble with love

And the evening breeze sang Hiawatha's melody

Sang it sweet and tenderly

Like a lover's rosary

Now the songbirds in Spring still remember and sing

Hiawatha's melody of love

Hiawatha roamed tearfully

Gazed upon the spot fearfully

On a moss bound throne

Hiawatha that pined alone

Willow boughs bent low

From them seemed to flow

Music to banish his woe

And the song they sang was Hiawatha's melody

Just a golden memory

Of the days that used to be

As they sat entranced beneath the weeping willow tree

Every leaf up above seemed to tremble with love

And the evening breeze sang Hiawatha's melody

Sang it sweet and tenderly

Like a lover's rosary

Now the songbirds in Spring still remember and sing

Hiawatha's melody of love