Shine On Harvest Moon

Music by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth, and Lyrics by Jack Norworth (1918)

Shine on, shine on harvest moon up in the sky
I ain’t had no lovin’ since January, February, June, or July
Snow time ain’t no time to sit outdoors and spoon
Shine on, shine on harvest moon for me ‘n’ my gal

C’mon, shine on harvest moon way up there in the sky.
Don’tcha know I ain’t had no lovin’ since January, February, June, AND July?
Now, looka here—don’t you know better than to set out there in the snow ‘n’ spoon?
C’mon, I don’t want no half moon, I want a full moon.

Oh, won’t you shine on, shine on harvest moon (shine on, shine on)
Up in the sky? (shine on)
I ain’t had no lovin’ since January, February, June, or July
(ah-ooba, ah-ooba, ah-ooba , ah-ooh)
Don’t you know you’re gonna freeze to death
Settin’ out there in the snow tryin’ to spoon?
So shine on, shine on harvest moon for me ‘n’ my gal

What Was Ruth Etting’s Trademark Tune? According to my Grandfather, it was Shine On, Harvest Moon!

Originally performed by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth in The Follies of 1918, Ruth Etting first performed this song in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1931, and recorded it in 1933 for California Weather. She also recorded it in 1935 for Columbia Records and issued on Columbia 3085 D (Matrix 17752), and again in 1936.

Cover artist: “Parry”
Remick Music Corp.

Thank you to Richard A. Reublin of ParlorSongs.com for sharing the sheet music image above. For more on information on the song, visit his site!

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