A 1931 popular song.
Words by Ted Koehler.
Music by Harold Arlen.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Summer moon is rising soon
The world will be at rest
‘Tis end of day
Here we are beneath the stars
Sweetheart, I know
Just what you want to say
Chorus
So, tell me with a love song
Let the melody tell the tale to me
Simple little love words
Ending with the phrase “I love you”
Just croon it while you hold me
Closer to your heart never more to part
Tell me with a love song
That you’re in love with me
- With the dawn I’ll find you gone
And I’ll be blue until
We meet again
While apart my lonely heart
The long day through
Will sing your love refrain
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: