“When
the night has come
And
the land is dark
And
the moon is the only light we’ll see
No,
I won’t be afraid
Oh,
I won’t be afraid
Just
as long as you stand
Stand
by me
So
darlin’, darlin’
Stand
by me, oh, stand my me
Oh
stand, stand by me
Stand
by me
If
the sky that we look upon
Should
tumble and fall
Or
the mountain should crumble to the sea
I
won’t cry, I won’t cry
No,
I won’t shed a tear
Just
as long as you stand
Stand
by me
And
darlin’, darlin’
Stand
by me, oh, stand by me
Oh,
stand now, stand by me
Stand
by me
Darlin’,
darlin’
Stand
by me, oh, stand by me
Oh,
stand now, stand by me
Stand
by me
Whenever
you’re in trouble, won’t you stand by me?
Oh,
stand by me
Won’t
you stand now?
Oh,
stand, stand by me”
~ “Stand by Me”
~ originally
performed by Ben E. King
~ 1938-2015
~ released April 1961
~ written by Ben. E. King,
Jerry Leiber
and Mike Stoller
According
to Ben E. King, the title is derived from, and was inspired by, a spiritual
written by Sam Cooke and J.W. Alexander called “Stand by Me Father,” recorded
by The Soul Stirrers with Johnnie Taylor singing lead. The third line of the
second verse of the former work derives from Psalm 46:2-3.
There
have been more than 400 recorded versions of the song, performed by many
artists. It was featured on the soundtrack of the 1986 film “Stand by Me.”
A
majestic four point white-tailed deer buck and beautiful doe stand side by side
as a peaceful hush sweeps across the field just before a midwinter snowfall
begins to tumble from the sky in this high contrast monochrome shot I captured
in the park in the late afternoon of a February day.
