From the musical “Babes in Toyland”, 1903.
Words by Glen MacDonough.
Music by Victor Herbert.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- When the man, stupid man
Is timid and shy
And the days and the weeks
And the years roll by
With the man, stupid man
A victim of fear
Who will not speak the words
You are longing to hear
If you’d fain put an end
To worry and doubt
Give the moon half a chance
And he’ll help you out
Give the moon half a chance, he’ll help out
Refrain
There is something in the glimmer of the moon
That always puts two loving hearts in tune
And the lad who fears to say
That he loves you in the day
In the moonlight is inclined to tell you soon
So together in the moonlight stroll about
It will surely put his bashfulness to rout
Ere the ramble you complete
You will find him at your feet
That is how I think the moon will help you out
- When the man, cruel man
Has started a tiff
You exchange as you pass
A frown and a sniff
All is o’er, never more
He’ll sue for your heart
You are false, he’s a wretch
You have drifted apart
So he sulks and he scowls
You weep and you pout
Till the moon gets a chance
And he helps you out
Till moon gets a chance, he’ll help out
Sung here by Vancha March: