This Flight Tonight

Posted by Lewis on July 03, 2003

In Reply to: Starlight, starbright --- it's origin, it's entirety posted by Henry on July 02, 2003

: : : : did this begin as a child's bedtime prayer? what is it's
: : : : origin? where can I find it in it's entirety? thank you.

: : : "Star light, Star bright,
: : : the first star I see tonight,
: : : I wish I may, I wish I might,
: : : have the wish I wish tonight."
: : : -- Author Unknown

: : Or:
: : I see specks, specks see me,
: : I'll see somebody tomorrow
: : I don't expect to see.
: : Star light, star bright,
: : Very first star I see tonight,
: : Tell me, tell me, all I wish to know.
: : Does the one that I adore
: : Love me less or love me more?
: : Star light, star bright, tell me, is it so?
: : From _The Annotated Mother Goose_ by Wm. S. Baring-Gould & Cecil Baring-Gould

: That is the Devon minister the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould. What a wonderful name! He published his Book of Nursery Songs and Rhymes in 1895.
: The phrase was echoed by Joni Mitchell in 1971 in This Flight Tonight on her album Blue;

: Oh starlight, star bright
: You got the loving that I like alright
: Turn this crazy bird around
: I shouldn't have got on this flight tonight.

Wasn't "This Flight Tonight" by Nazareth?