"Moonlight on the Ganges" — the Indian setting, the 1926 exotic romance.
Moonlight on the ganges, my little hindu,
When I whisper loves sweet melody,
All our dreams and our schemes came true.
Someday on the ganges, Ill need you once more,
And Ill kiss you and caress you
Where the waters kiss the silent shore.
(musical interlude)
Moonlight on the ganges, my little hindu,
When I whispeedr loves sweet melody,
All our dreams and our schemes came true.
Someday on the ganges, Ill need you once more,
And Ill kiss you and caress you
Where the waters kiss, kiss the silent shore.
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- Written by Chester Wallace and Sherman Myers in 1926. The exotic geography — the Ganges, India as romantic setting — typical of the 1920s vogue for imagined Eastern settings. Sinatra approaching the Orientalist material with more voice than irony.