<P> `` By The Light of the Silvery Moon '' or `` By the Light of the Silv'ry Moon '' is a popular song . The music was written by Gus Edwards , and the lyrics by Edward Madden . The song was published in 1909 and first performed on stage by Lillian Lorraine in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1909 . It was one of a series of moon - related Tin Pan Alley songs of the era . The song was also used in the short - lived Broadway show Miss Innocence ( September 27 - October 9 , 1909 ) when it was sung by Frances Farr . </P>
<P> `` By The Light of the Silvery Moon '' or `` By the Light of the Silv'ry Moon '' is a popular song . The music was written by Gus Edwards , and the lyrics by Edward Madden . The song was published in 1909 and first performed on stage by Lillian Lorraine in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1909 . It was one of a series of moon - related Tin Pan Alley songs of the era . The song was also used in the short - lived Broadway show Miss Innocence ( September 27 - October 9 , 1909 ) when it was sung by Frances Farr . </P>
when was by the light of the silvery moon written
when was by the light of the silvery moon written
1909
1909