Shine On Harvest Moon by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth (1908)

Here it is, the original 1908 piano version of this popular hit. Nora Bayes was best known as a singer but she wrote the music for many songs, this one being the most popular. Jack Norworth likewise wrote the lyrics to a number of songs, his biggest hits were this one and "Take Me Out to the Ball Game".

Published by Jerome H. Remick in New York and Detroit in 1908, the 1918 re-issue was entirely similar.

Hear Harry McDonough and Elise Stevenson sing this almost exact version in 1908:

Laurel and Hardy:

Score #120 in my current ongoing series "Women Ragtime Composers" featuring interesting selections all written by ragtime-era women. It's quite amazing what they all wrote. Entire collection at set link below. Many more still coming.

Original score source for the 1908 version was from the University of Oregon at this link:
The 1918 version source from Duke University:

This is a reproduction of the original score from 1908, no changes were made.