From the musical “Miss 1917”
Words by P. G. Wodehouse
Music by Jerome Kern
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Hello, everybody, hello everybody
I’m the sly old man in the moon
Often, I am thinking, you have seen me winking
When you’ve strolled outdoors for a spoon
It’s not strange, now is it?
I should pay this visit
Seeing that the earth was so near
All the world is fighting
It looked so exciting
Aren’t you glad to see me down here?
Refrain
I’m the old man in the moon, boys
Here all right and I’ve come down to your town
To sit up all the night
I’m in love with the U. S. A.
Though I’ve been living so far away
So, when foemen attack her
I won’t be a slacker
I’m here to stay
Sung here by Vancha March: