IF YOU STUB YOUR TOE ON THE MOON
Jimmy Van Heusen (m) Johnny Burke (l)  1947

as rec by The Nat "King" Cole Trio  1940's

also rec by-
Bing Crosby & The Rhythmaires w Victor Young & his Orch '47
frank Sinatra w The Phil Moore Four '49
Tony Martin '49


Oh, there's nothin' to be ashamed of
If you stub your toe on the moon.
When a dreanm's at the top of the sky,
Well, you just have to jump pretty high!
But don't give up too soon
If you stub your toe on the moon!

Young Harry Haggets
Loved making gadgets,
"Life needs some new things!"
Was his claim;
"Hope one or two things might bring fame",
This is the last time you'll hear his name!

Nobody mentions
Harry's inventions,
But do you think that got him down?
Here comes the end,
When you've gadgets to mend,
He's the best repair man in town!

So there's nothin' to be ashamed of
If you stub your toe on the moon.
When you start out to climb through a cloud,
Well it may get a laugh from the crowd,
But don't give up too soon
If you stub your toe on the moon!

Sweet Sally Springer,
She was a singer,
Lived in a hall room
Up one flight;
Thought of a ballroom
Big and bright,
Where she would make her debut some night.

Then, for her trouble,
pop went the bubble;
Say that is said
But wait, don't weep!
Now they admit
Every night she's a hit
When she sings her children to sleep!

Wait folks, don't go 'way yet!

Horace MacLowit,
He was a poet,
Worked in an attic day and night!
Sort of fanatic, some would say,
Much too profound in his obscure way.

Tried hard to last out,
Laughed at and tossed out,
Horace the failure would not grieve!
He writes the rhymes
That are cheerful as chimes
On the Christmas cards you receive!

No there's nothin' to be ashamed of
If you stub your toe on the moon.
It may be a blow to your pride,
You're a hero because, well you tried!
So don't give up too soon
If you stub your toe on the moon!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - April 2011)