| "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 78 rpm record label | ||||
| Single by Isham Jones' Orchestra | ||||
| B-side | "Eleanor" | |||
| Published | January 24, 1919 Chappell & Co. Ltd., London[1][2] | |||
| Released | October 1922[3][4] | |||
| Recorded | July 1922[5] | |||
| Studio | Brunswick Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | American Dance Music, Jazz | |||
| Length | 3:02 | |||
| Label | Brunswick 2313 | |||
| Composer(s) | Raymond Roberts (pseud. of Ernest Seitz) | |||
| Lyricist(s) | Gene Lockhart[6] | |||
| Isham Jones' Orchestra singles chronology | ||||
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Down in the lazy west rides the moon,
Warm as a night in June;
Stars shimm'ring soft in a bed of blue,
While I am calling and calling you.
Sweetly you are dreaming,
As the dawn comes slowly streaming;
Waken love in your bower,
Greet our trysting hour.
Dear one the world is waiting for the sunrise;
Ev'ry rose is heavy with dew.
The thrush on high, his sleepy mate is calling
And my heart is calling you!
"The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" is a post-World War I popular song with lyrics by American actor Eugene Lockhart,[1] and music composed by Canadian-born[1] concert pianist Ernest Seitz in 1918. He later claimed he conceived the refrain when he was 12 years-old. Embarrassed about writing popular music, Seitz used the pseudonym "Raymond Roberts" when the song was published on January 24, 1919, by Chappell & Co. Ltd., London, UK.[7]
- ^ a b c Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1919). Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1919 Music First Half of 1919 New Series Vol 14 Part 3. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
- ^ a b "The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise". cdm16631.contentdm.oclc.org. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ^ "Brunswick 2313 (10-in. double-faced) - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ^ "Advance Record Bulletins". Talking Machine World. 1921-10-15: 170. 1921-10-15.
- ^ "Brunswick matrix 8460-8462. The world is waiting for the sunrise / Isham Jones Orchestra - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ^ "Lockhart, Gene - Discography of American Historical Recordings". adp.library.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ^ Vogel, Frederick G. (1995). World War I Songs: a History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes with Over 300 Complete Lyrics. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. p. 107. ISBN 0899509525.