From the show “Hitchy Koo”, 1920
Words by Anne Caldwell
Music by Jerome Kern
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
When the shades of twilight fall
Where the setting sun
Turns the West to amber-rose
Mister Moon comes stealing out
When the day is done
He likes watching sweethearts I suppose
Oh, Moon of Love high up above
All that you see so well
I’m sure you will not tell
What sweethearts do who trust in you
Away up there above
Oh, shining moon of Love
Oh, Moon of Love
Oh what the deuce do you suppose
We care to hear the silly stuff
You have to spill about the moon
High up above
Of course the moon is high above
For everybody saw the guy
Who hung it up this afternoon
All that you see, so well
All the old stuff, all the old bluff
It’s a hard game
I’m sure you will not tell
It’s a darn shame
That is why we stick to the Equity
What sweethearts do
For every lyric writer since the world began
Has put in over time in raves about the moon
Who trust in you
And when the animals descended from the ark
They sang a song that rhymed with June
And tune and spoon
Away up there above
It’s a good thing that we can’t sing
Or we’d tell you that the tired
Chorus girl thinks of the moon
Oh, Shining Moon of Love