“There's a Long, Long Trail”

Description

The singer misses (his sweetheart), noting that "Nights are getting very lonely, days are very long." He remembers her in dreams. Chorus: "There's a long, long trail a-winding To the land of my dreams Where the nightingales are singing...."

Notes

Not a proper folk song, but its popularity in World War I argues for its inclusion here. - RBW

Same tune

• There's a Long, Long Worm A-Crawling (Pankake-PHCFSB, p. 162)

Recordings

• [?] Campbell & [Henry] Burr, "There's a Long, Long Trail" (Little Wonder 563, c. 1916)
• John McCormack "There's a Long, Long Trail" (Victor 64694, 1917)

References

1. Fuld-WFM, pp. 573-574, "There's a Long, Long Trail"
2. DT, LNGTRAIL
3. BI, DTlngtra