A popular song from 1933.
Words by Joe Young.
Music by Milton Ager.
Sheet music provided by Laurence Rubenstein:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- While I’m talking to the moon
About that gal o’ mine
She’s out walking with the moon
‘Way down in Caroline
Picture that sight! Oh, pity my plight
How, I wish that I were there tonight
Chorus
I envy the moon that shines
Upon the Carolines
Because it shines upon the one I love
I envy the way it twines
Its arms around the pines
Those sleepy Carolina pines I love
Being where I long to be
Seeing what I long to see
Lucky old moon, lonely me, it’s no wonder
I envy the moon that shines
Upon the Carolines
Because it shines upon the one I love
- Here am I beneath the moon
As he goes rollin’ by
I know that he’ll see you soon
A lonely soul am I
Why doesn’t he change places with me?
Do you wonder at my jealousy?
Sung here by Fred Feild: