What's The Matter With The Moon Tonight 1902

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 30 April 2011
2011

The bullfrogs huddle
near the old bayou
and they croak as in a dream;
And the owls hoot grimly
"To whit, to whoo!"
in the fireflies fitful gleam.
And the frogs and the owls
and the flies on wing
seem possessed of a solemn fright;
They are all of 'em
asking the selfsame thing:
"What's the matter
with the moon tonight?"

What's the matter
with the moon tonight?
She don't seem the same old moon
She's dreadful pale
she's lost her light
She don't seem the same old moon.
She rolls unsteady
in the starry sky.
Hides her head as the cloud floats by;
What's the matter with the moon tonight?
She don't seem the same old moon!

What's the matter
with the moon tonight?
She don't seem the same old moon
She's dreadful pale
she's lost her light
She don't seem the same old moon.
She rolls unsteady
in the starry sky.
Hides her head as the cloud floats by;
What's the matter with the moon tonight?
She don't seem the same old moon!

The groundhog just for a spell creeps out
from the home he's made in a hole.
But he gives a shudder and he turns about
and he says: "Lord bless my soul!"
And he calls to the frog
who calls to the owl
who blinks in the fireflies light.
There's goblins a watchin'
and a waitin' to prowl:
"What's the matter
with the moon tonight?"

What's the matter
with the moon tonight?
She don't seem the same old moon
She's dreadful pale
she's lost her light
She don't seem the same old moon.
She rolls unsteady
in the starry sky.
Hides her head as the cloud floats by;
What's the matter with the moon tonight?
She don't seem the same old moon!

What's the matter
with the moon tonight?
She don't seem the same old moon
She's dreadful pale
she's lost her light
She don't seem the same old moon.
She rolls unsteady
in the starry sky.
Hides her head as the cloud floats by;
What's the matter with the moon tonight?
She don't seem the same old moon!

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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What's The Matter With The Moon Tonight 1902
Music by A.Baldwin Sloane
Lyrics by Sydney Rosenfeld
© MCMII by Jos.W.Stern & Co.
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Saturday 30 April 2011 at 22.09
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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