Come Down Ma Evenin' Star

Beautiful American stage actress Lillian Russell was best

 known for her lovely voice and as the long time companion

and friend of the flamboyant business man Diamond Jim Brady.

"Come Down Ma Evenin' Star" from the musical, "Hokey Pokey"

is considered Lillian's signature song.

Lillian Russell
Born Helen Louise Leonard

(December 4, 1860-June 6, 1922)

When from out of the shades of night

Come the stars a-shining bright

I spy the one I do love

I recognize ma true love

Underneath the tiny orbs of light

Search the sky from east to west

She's the brightest and the best

But she's so far above me

I know she cannot love me

Still I love her and more than all the rest.

(Chorus)

Ma evenin' star, I wonder who you are

Set up so high, like a diamond in the sky

No matter what I do, I can't go up to you

So come down  from there, ma evenin' star

Come down, come down

Come down from there ma evenin star

Love, I think has made me mad

'Cause when nights and clouds are clad

I want her more than ever

Want her to leave me never

And all around you, sorrowful and sad

Then when comes the day's bright light

And ma star fades from my sight

Ma love is unabating

I grown impatient waiting

To see again ma love, ma life that night.



"Come Down My Evenin' Star"
(1902)

Lyrics by Edgar Smith and Robert B. Smith

Music by John Stromberg and WT Francis