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   In the Evening By the Moonlight
  Traditional
   
  In the evening by the moonlight
When my mother had finished working
We used to sit around the fire place
Till the cornbread it was done
And then we all would eat our supper
After that we'd clean the kitchen
It's the only time they ever gave us to spare
To have a little fun
Then my daddy used to take his fiddle down
That hung upon the wall
While the silvery moon was shining clear and bright
How the folks would enjoy it
They would sit all night and listen
As we used to sing in the evening by the moonlight

In the evening by the moonlight
You could hear banjos ringing
You could hear them by the moonlight
You could hear my folks all singing
How my mother she would enjoy it
She would sit all night and listen
As we sang in the evening by the moolight oh yeah

In the evening by the moonlight
You could hear folks all singing
In the evening by the moonlight
You could hear my folks all singing
How my mother she would enjoy it
She would sit all night and listen
As we sang in the evening by the moolight oh yeah

In the evening by the moonlight
You could hear banjos ringing
In the evening by the moonlight
You could hear my folks all singing
How my mother she would enjoy it
She would sit all night and listen
As we sang in the evening by the moolight oh yeah
 
   
  Recording live session 1960 Jun. 30, Newport, Fifth Newport Jazz Festival -- (LP At Newport)
    LP 1960 At Newport Colpix CP/CPS 412 [0:10]
    CD 1988 At Newport Official 86014 [5:37]
    CD 1998 At Newport, Village and Elsewhere West Side WESD 210
    CD 1998 Forbidden Fruit + At Newport Collectables [6:11]
 
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