Walter Hammel plays " The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise " on the Lowrey Prestige Virtual Orchestra. The song was written in 1918 by Ernest Seitz with lyrics by Eugene Lockhart . It was a hit for Isham Jones in 1922 and most notably was a huge hit for Les Paul and Mary Ford, reaching #2 on the charts in October 1951. It was also a hit for Willie Nelson. Orchestration: Harmonica, Banjo, Dulcimer, Country Fiddles.