A popular song from 1912
Words by Will D. Cobb
Music by Gus Edwards
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Summer night a rippling stream
King and queen dream love’s dream
Don’t intrude it would be mean
Happy only, by their lonely
Pouting lips a question press
Love me dear answer yes
Head at rest on manly chest
Were you ever there?
Chorus:
On a beautiful night
With a beautiful girl
With your arms ‘round her tight
And your senses awhirl
O you joy night in June
O you souvenir spoon
Under the yellowy, mellowy
Look, but don’t tellowy moon
- Chapter two the summer thro’
Fond adieu, trains choo-choo
Till next year nothing to do
In the Moon line, in the Spoon line,
Christmas here to all good cheer
Greetings dear ain’t that queer
Hang it all just can’t recall
What was that girl’s name
Chorus:
On a beautiful night
With a beautiful girl
With your arms ‘round her tight
And your senses awhirl
O you joy night in June
O you souvenir spoon
Under the yellowy, mellowy
Look, but don’t tellowy moon
Oh what a night (some night)
Oh what a girl (Oh what a night) some girl
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: