With the first pick in the NFL draft â¦. Each spring, players and fans eagerly await the words that kick off the annual player draft, the three-day spectacle where the next wave of college players find out if theyâll get the opportunity to join the league.
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.
The song was arranged by Jester Hairston, for the Sidney Poitier film Lilies of the Field (1963), which popularized the song. Curtis Mayfield said I'd gone to see 'Lilies of The Field,' and the song in it, 'Amen,' was very inspiring for me as was the movie.