When It's Moonlight on the Prairie
# When It's Moonlight on the Prairie

"When It's Moonlight On The Prairie" is a popular song published in 1908 with lyrics by Robert F. Roden and music by S.R. Henry. The lyrics tell of a cowboy eloping with his Mary. The chorus is:

   When it's moonlight on the prairie, darling Mary, I'll be waiting with the ponies, love for you; There's a parson only twenty miles away, twenty miles away, twenty miles away; When the knot is tied, then side by side we'll ride, dear, To a pretty little home I've built for you; I'll be waiting, waiting, waiting for you, Mary, When it's moonlight on the prairie, Mary dear!

"When It's Moonlight on the Prairie" has been recorded many times.

