Shine On, Harvest Moon," probably the song most often sung sitting around the fireside, was written by the vaudeville team of Nora Bayes and her husband, Jack Norworth, in 1908. Later that year, the highly temperamental Miss Bayes interpolated the song in the Ziegfeld Follies, and it remained closely linked to her for the rest of her career. Ironically, although they insisted upon being billed as "The Stage's Happiest Couple," Mr. and Mrs. Norworth didn't remain happy for long and were divorced in 1913. According to Edgar Leslie, the last line of "Shine On, Harvest Moon" gave him the idea for his own famous song "For Me and My Gal."

	The Good Ol' Days! Click here for another fine rendition of this tune done as background music for a nostalgic display of "Burma Shave" road signs. Recommended by the Ol'Kunnel.

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