Pretty Moon

Written for: Messer Marco Polo (1954)
Lyric: Harold Adamson & Leo McCarey
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1954
Original publisher: Four Jays Music Co., Inc.

Verse:

(Ladies in waiting:) Pretty moon, yellow moon,
Won't you work some magic spells
And touch the heart of Golden Bells tonight.

Chorus 1:

(Golden Bells:) Pretty moon, pretty moon, I am pretty lonely,
Waiting here, pretty moon, for my one and only;
Pretty moon, shining down through the willow branches,
(Ladies:) Won't you work some magic spells
And touch the heart of Golden Bells tonight.
(Golden Bells:) Pretty moon, pretty moon, will my love come singing?
Pretty words, pretty tune, and will he be bringing
A song of gladness
To end my sadness
Or is it madness, pretty moon?
Pretty moon, pretty moon, pretty moon.

Chorus 2:

(Ladies:) Many men have a yen for this lovely creature,
Many men have a yen, and yet none can reach her;
Many men, ten times ten, beg her and beseech her,
(Golden Bells:) But a bride I'll never be
Until I find the one who's right for me.
(Ladies:) Pretty moon, pretty moon, make your lovelight stronger,
'Cause our dear princess here can't hold out much longer.
You're big and shiny
And she's so tiny,
So won't you help her pretty moon?
(Golden Bells:) Between you and me and my fan,
Pretty moon, where's my man?