From the musical “The Stepping Stones”, 1923
Words by Anne Caldwell
Music by Jerome Kern
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Men are called deceivers ever
And women flirt with passion
One true love that lasts forever
Is sadly out of fashion
Moonlit madness under a pale sky
Flames that turn to ashes and then die
All too soon the lips that kiss
May learn to say Goodbye
Refrain:
Once in a Blue Moon
You will meet the right one
Once in a Blue Moon
Find your dear delight one
Then with a thrill
You know that love is true
Once in a life time
When the Moon is Blue
- My slim girlie took my heart by storm
With her eyes so truthful
In that heart so softly sweet and warm
Dwells her image youthfull
Maids who pass me smilingly so gay
Go without beguiling me on their way
There’s but one for me
And she shall be my own some day
Sung by Vancha March: