As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
October 11th 1940 with The Modernaires.
Words by Martin Block and Mickey Stoner, music
by Harold Green.
(This song, the theme of the 40s radio show „Make
Believe Ballroom“ on WNEW in New York, also marks the first appearance of
the vocal group „The Modernaires“ in a Glenn Miller Bluebird recording!)
It’s Make-Believe Ballroom Time
Put all your cares away
All the bands are here to bring a cheer your way
It’s Make-Believe Ballroom Time
And free to everyone
It’s no time to fret
Your dial is set for fun
Just close your eyes and visualize in your solitude
Your favorite bands are on the stands
And Mr. Miller puts you in the mood
It’s Make-Believe Ballroom Time
The hour of sweet romance
Here’s your make-believe ballroom
Come on, children, let’s dance, let’s dance!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
September 11th 1939 with Ray Eberle.
Words by Edward Heyman, music by Benny Carter.
Melancholy lullaby,
Coming from a trouble sky
Ringing through the clinging vine
Right into this heart of mine
Melancholy lullaby,
Listen to the nightwind sigh,
How can I expect to sleep
When I lay me down to weep?
Your love has cooled
From flame to ice
And I’ve been fooled
Into a fool’s paradise...
Hear the music of the rain
Beating on my window pane
Wish that I could say goodbye
To my melancholy lullaby...
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
February 24th 1940 with Ray Eberle.
Written by Richard Himber, Irving Gordon and Al
Kaufmann.
How can you forget
Moments in the moonlight,
Moments of a love that used to be...
As I stare in space
I still see your face
And once again I‘m lost
In your thrilling embrace
Though the spell is gold
Somewhere in the moonlight
Memories of your kiss will live anew
And we’ll meet, my love,
As I keep dreaming of
Moments in the moonlight with you!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
May 25th 1939 with Ray Eberle.
Words and music by Mack David, Mack Davis and
André Kostelanetz, adapted from Symphony Nr. 5, 2nd Movement, by Peter
Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893).
Will this be moon love,
Nothing but moon love?
Will you be gone when the dawn
Comes stealing through?
Are these just moon dreams,
Grand while the moon beams?
But when the moon fades away
Will my dreams come true?
Much as I love you
Don't let me love you
If I must pay for your kiss
With lonely tears...
Say it's not moon love,
Tell me it's true love,
Say you'll be mine
When the moon disappears!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
July 15th 1942 with Skip Nelson and the Modernaires.
Words by Johnny Burke, music by James Van Heusen.
(From the movie „Road To Morocco“)
Moonlight becomes you, it goes with your hair
You certainly know the right things to wear...
Moonlight becomes you, I’m thrilled at the sight
And I could get so romantic tonight...
You’re all dressed up to go dreaming,
Now don’t tell me I’m wrong,
And what a night to go dreaming,
Mind if I tag along?
If I say, „I love you“ I want you to know
It’s not just because there’s moonlight, although
Moonlight becomes you so!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
December 8th 1941 with Ray Eberle and the Modernaires.
Words by Kim Gannon, music by Lucky Roberts.
Couple of jiggers of moonlight and add a star,
Pour in the blue of a June night and one guitar,
Mix in a couple of dreamers and there you are:
Lovers hail the Moonlight Cocktail...
Now add a couple of flowers, a drop of dew,
Stir for a couple of hours till dreams come true,
As to the number of kisses, it's up to you,
Moonlight Cocktails need a few...
Cool it in the summer breeze,
Serve it in the starlight underneath the trees,
You'll discover tricks like these
Are sure to make your Moonlight Cocktail please...
Follow the simple directions and they will bring
Life of another complexion where you'll be king
You will awake in the morning and start to sing
Moonlight Cocktails are the thing!
(repeat once)
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
June 17th 1942 with Skip Nelson and the Modernaires.
Words by Harold Adamson, music by Peter De Rose.
Moonlight mood when twilight is ending
You’re in my moonlight mood and our hearts are
blending
There on the same old wall that we used to know
Long ago
You walked there in a ribbon of moonlight
There you are as lovely as ever
You vowed by every star to love me forever
Although you’re far away we meet in my solitude
You are mine when I’m in my moonlight mood...
Then in the moonlight you are mine
When I‘m in my moonlight mood...
Originally recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra
on April 4th 1939 as an instrumental.
Music by Glenn Miller.
The following lyrics by Eddie Heyman were written
for the original version of the song (1935), then entitled "Now I Lay Me
Down To Weep". Only later, it became "Moonlight Serenade", and other lyrics
by Mitchell Parish were written for it.
(Now I Lay me Down To Weep)
Weep for the moon, for the moon has no reason
to glow now
Weep for the rose, for the rose has no reason to
grow now
The river won’t flow now
As I lay me down to weep
You went away, and the break in my heart isn’t
mending
You went away, and I know there is no happy ending
There’s no use pretending
As I lay me down to weep.
When you were mine, the world was mine
And fate constantly smiled,
Now in its place I have to face
A pillow of tears, all through the years...
Though you are gone, I still pray that the sun
shines above you
Time marches on, yet I know that I always will
love you
I‘ll keep dreaming of you
As I lay me down to weep.
(Moonlight Serenade)
I stand at your gate and the song that I sing
is of moonlight
I stand and I wait for the touch of your hand
in the June night
The roses are sighing a moonlight serenade...
The stars are aglow and tonight how their light
sets me dreaming
My love, do you know that your eyes are like stars
brightly beaming?
I bring you and sing you a moonlight serenade...
Let us stray till break of day
In love's valley of dreams
Just you and I, a summer sky,
A heavenly breeze kissing the trees...
So don't let me wait, come to me tenderly in
the June night
I stand at your gate and I sing you a song in
the moonlight,
A love song, my darling, a moonlight serenade!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
April 28th 1940 with Jack Lathrop.
Words by Johnny Mercer, music by Walter Donaldson.
Mr. Meadowlark, we’ve got an awful lot of serenadin‘
to do
Mr. Meadowlark, I’m just a city slicker and I’m
countin‘ on you
She’s got a country guy who whistles, my whistle’s
so thin
So when I begin (whistle) that’s where you come
in (whistle)
Mr. Meadowlark, if you should cop a gander when
I’m kissin‘ my chick
Needless to remark, I hope you‘ll have the decency
to exit but quick
If Mrs. M. thinks you’re out steppin‘, I‘ll make
it alright
Mr. Meadowlark, meet me in the dark tonight!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
April 18th 1939 with Ray Eberle.
Written by Eddy Howard.
I smiled, so did you,
But somehow we knew
It was my last goodbye to you
Your eyes met with mine
Your lips so divine
It was my last goodbye to you
Oh darling, though you are gone
My dreams linger on
Of days when you said „I love you“
I smile through a tear
Today makes the year
That I said goodbye to you...
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
January 29th 1940 with Tex Beneke.
Words by George A. Norton, music by Ernie Burnett.
(Written in 1912!)
Come to me, my melancholy baby,
Cuddle up and don‘t be blue
All your fears are foolish fancy maybe
You know dear that I’m in love with you...
Ev’ry cloud must have a silver lining
Waiting till the sun shines through
Smile, my honey dear,
While I kiss away each tear,
Or else I shall be melancholy, too...!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
August 18th 1939 with Ray Eberle.
Written by Jimmy Kennedy and Georges Boulanger.
My prayer is to linger with you
At the end of the day
In a dream that‘s divine...
My prayer is a rapture in blue
With the world far away
And our lips close to mine.
Tonight, while our hearts are aglow,
Oh, tell me the words that I’m longing to know...
My prayer and the answer you give,
May they still be the same for as long as we live,
That you’ll always be there
At the end of my prayer!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
September 27th 1938 with Ray Eberle.
Words and special arrangement by Larry Clinton,
music adapted from Claude Debussy’s (1862-1918) „Reverie“
Note: This was Glenn Miller’s very first recording
for the Bluebird label and RCA Victor!
Our love is a dream, but in my reverie
I can see that this love was meant for me
Only a poor fool never schooled in the whirlpool
of romance
Could be so cruel as you are to me
My dreams are as worthless as tin to me
Without you life would never begin to be
So love me as I love you in my reverie
Make my dream a reality,
Let’s dispense with formality,
Come to me in my reverie!
As recorded by the Glenn Miller Orchestra on
February 24th 1940 with Marion Hutton.
Words by Frank Loesser, music by Jimmy McHugh.
I wanna shout a poem
About how I dream
Of that gleam in your eyes
I wanna shout
But all that comes out is, „My! My!“
I wanna sing of flowers in spring
But oh dear, when you’re near I just die
I wanna sing
But can’t sing a thing but, „My! My!“
I should say, „Oh, how lovely!“
I should say, „Ah, how sweet!“
I should have Shakespeare at the tip of my tongue
But every time we meet...
I look at you and what do I do,
I get weak, I can’t speak, I just sigh
And though I try the best I can sigh is, „My!
My!“