A love serenade from 1905
words by Addison Burkhardt
music by Albert Von Tilzer
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
In the night, my delight’s at its height
When I sight the silvery moon
Shining bright behind the trees
For I hear voices, dear, far and near
Through the clear wood as they’re wafted
By the summer’s gentle breeze
They speak of you and your two eyes of blue
As I woo you while your soft lily hands
I nightly seize
That is why I sigh in moontime
Just for a spoontime, love
Transplanted from the sky is each blue eye
A star of wondrous hue that I gaze into
And so on darkest night I see love’s light
Nor do I need the moon
When I come to spoon
Chorus
Then it’s spoontime
Spooning’s best in moon time
If you tease me, I will squeeze
As often as my fancy pleases
Morn and noontime
I long for moontime
Then I find it’s soon time
For my spoontime
Sung here by Vancha March: