A popular song from 1939.
Words by Johnny Burke.
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
A country dance was being held in a garden
I felt a bump and heard an, “Oh, beg your pardon”
Suddenly I saw polka dots and moonbeams
All around a pug-nosed dream
The music started and was I the perplexed one
I held my breath and said, “May I have the next one?”
In my frightened arms, polka dots and moonbeams
Sparkled on a pug-nosed dream
There were questions in the eyes of other dancers
As we floated over the floor
There were questions but my heart knew all the answers
And perhaps a few things more
Now in a cottage built of lilacs and laughter
I know the meaning of the words “ever after”
And I’ll always see polka dots and moonbeams
When I kiss the pug-nosed dream