From the film musical “Follow the Fleet”, 1936.
Words and music by Irving Berlin.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
There may be trouble ahead
But while there’s moonlight and music
And love and romance
Let’s face the music and dance
Before the fiddlers have fled
Before they ask us to pay the bill
And while we still have the chance
Let’s face the music and dance
Soon we’ll be without the moon
Humming a diff’rent tune and then
There may be teardrops to shed
So, while there’s moonlight and music
And love and romance
Let’s face the music and dance
Let’s face the music and dance
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: