A popular song from 1919.
Inspired by the Norma Talmadge Screen Production (Silent Movie), “THE NEW MOON”.
Words and Music by Irving Berlin.
Copyright ©19 Jul 1919.
Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Beneath a sky of gray
The lovers stroll along
The flowers have died away
The birds have hushed their song
There’s a teardrop in her eye
For he’s come to say good-bye
He whispers “Dearie, don’t you cry
For I won’t be long”
Chorus
When the new moon is shining
I’m coming back to you
Clouds have a silvery lining
Soon the silver will be peeping thru
Angel hands will be mending
A broken romance soon
They will bless us with a happy ending
‘Neath the bright new moon
- The clouds will roll away
And then we’ll meet again
A happy wedding day
Will dawn upon us then
Little sweetheart, don’t you pine
Soon you’ll see the new moon shine
A little patience, girl of mine
Till we meet again
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: