1909
The Moon Drops Low
Composed by 
Charles Wakefield Cadman
Charles Wakefield Cadman Text by 
Nelle Richmond Eberhart
Nelle Richmond Eberhart From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water Song Collection
"The Moon Drops Low" is the fourth and final song of Cadman's song cycle From the Land of Sky-Blue Water (Four American Indian Songs), Op. 45. The cycle sets traditional melodies of the Omaha tribe and text by poet Nelle Richmond Eberhart.
Text
The Moon Drops Low
by Nelle Richmond Eberhart
The moon drops low that once soared high
As an eagle soars in the morning sky;
And the deep dark lies like a death-web spun
‘Twixt the setting moon and the rising sun.
Our glory sets like the sinking moon;
The Red Man’s race shall be perished soon;
Our feet shall trip where the web is spun,
For no dawn shall be ours, and no rising sun.
Records
2004
Dvořák und seine Zeit
Charles Wakefield Cadman, Arthur Farwell, Edward MacDowell, Charles Ives
Audio
“The Moon Drops Low” (from “From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water”)
Thomas Hampson (baritone) & Wolfram Rieger (piano)2:36
Sheet Music
‘Four American Indian Songs,’ Op. 45 (High Voice)
Charles Wakefield Cadman
1. From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water
2. The White Dawn is Stealing
3. Far Off I Hear a Lover's Flute
4. The Moon Drops Low
2. The White Dawn is Stealing
3. Far Off I Hear a Lover's Flute
4. The Moon Drops Low
High
‘Four American Indian Songs,’ Op. 45 (Low Voice)
Charles Wakefield Cadman
1. From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water
2. The White Dawn is Stealing
3. Far Off I Hear a Lover's Flute
4. The Moon Drops Low
2. The White Dawn is Stealing
3. Far Off I Hear a Lover's Flute
4. The Moon Drops Low
Low