1903 J W Myers song What's The Matter With The Moon Tonight & bird head aggada plague doc moonblood festival

1903 J W Myers song What's The Matter With The Moon Tonight & bird head aggada plague doc moonblood festival

Lyrics: The bullfrogs huddle near the old bayou And they croak as in a dream And the owl hoot grimly “To whit to whoo!” In the fireflies fitful gleam And the frogs and the owls and the flies on wing Seem possessed of a solemn fright They are all of ‘em asking the self same thing, “What’s the matter with the moon tonight?” What’s the matter with the moon tonight? She don’t seem the same old moon She’s dreadful pale, she’s lost her light, She don’t seem the same old moon She rolls unsteady in the starry sky Hides her head as the clouds float by! What’s the matter with the moon tonight? She doesn’t seem the same old moon The groundhog just for a spell creeps out From the home he’s made in a hole But he gives a shudder and he turns about And he says “Lord bless my soul!” And he calls to the frog who calls to the owl Who blinks in the fireflies light There’s goblins a watching a waiting to prowl “What’s the matter with the moon tonight?”