The Legend Of Old California

Lyric: Johnny Mercer
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1940
Original publisher: Mercer & Morris, Inc.

Chorus:

When campfire lights grow pale,
They tell the strangest tale
In California.
As April fills the lanes,
A phantom rides the plains
In California.
Beneath the moon above,
He searches for his love
In California.
They parted long ago
When diamond stars hung low
In California.
He told her the night he left her,
That he would return some day;
She waited and waited and waited without him,
Dreaming about him
Riding away.
But fate can never wait
And he returned too late
To California.
As April fills the lanes,
You'll see him ride the plains
And hear him say,
"Some day, some day."