A popular song from 1932.
Words by E. Y. Harburg.
Music by Milton Ager.
Sheet music provided by Laurence Rubenstein:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Heigh-ho, heigh-ho
Daytime, how I wish you’d go
Lonely hearts need night for inspiration
Ho-hum, ho-hum
Nighttime, won’t you ever come?
Only you can bring me consolation
Chorus
Night, let your moon above
Light my way to love
The love I never knew
Magic night, lead me down that trail
Where the nightingale will serenade me, too
The love that fate intended to be mine
Help me discover
Let your lucky stars that shine
Guide me to my dream lover
Night, hear my lonely call
When your shadows fall
My daydreams all come true
- Heigh-ho, heigh-ho
For a soul who’s feeling low
Daytime, you don’t seem to be the right time
Ho-hum, ho-hum
Daytime, please don’t wake me from
Dreams that come to gladden me at nighttime
Sung here by Fred Feild: