- Nora Bayes in Film Clip from 'Shine On, Harvest Moon': [sings] Shine on, shine on, Harvest Moon, up in the sky / I ain't had no loving since January, February, March, April, May, June or July / Snow time, ain't no time to stay outdoors and spoon / So, shine on, shine on, Harvest Moon, for me and my pal.
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- Narrator: In New York's Tenderloin District in 1909, the many criminal-infested dives presented a grave problem to the law enforcement agencies of the day. it was during this time that a young songwriter, Edward Madden, while working as an undercover agent for the government, found himself posing as a member of the underworld. Properly dismayed because his duties confined him to these dismal surroundings, Eddie's dreams were of more pleasant places and things. Being a songwriter, his dreams found their way into the words of a song to which the beloved Gus Edwards furnished the music. A song that was to become one of the all-time favorites of both young and old alike. By the Light of the Silvery Moon.