Late in the autumn I've often seen her

On nights the river is still

There in the moon mist she waits for her lover

That she has and she always will

Crying oh moon dancer take me along

Fly me to the stars on your moon dancer's song

I've been so lonely, I've waited only for you

The old people tell you she once was so lovely

Her beauty could turn night to day

Down to the river the moon dancer rode in

Promised to take her away

She cried oh moon dancer take me along

Fly me to the stars on your moon dancer's song

I've been so lonely, I've waited only for you

The concertina kept time with old Cajun song and rhyme

He sang her his moon dancer's song

Then came the fight, there were knives in the night

But who knows 'cause it's been so long and he was gone

She cries oh moon dancer take me along

Fly me to the stars on your moon dancer's song

I've been so lonely, I've waited only for you