HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE
(Mitchell Parish / Jean Delettre)

Recorded by :
The Cadets; The Ray Conniff Singers; Johnny Desmond; Fats Domino;
Eddy Duchin & His Orch.; Jane Froman; Henry Hall; Coleman Hawkins;
Hal Kemp; Tina Louise; Dean Martin; The Pearls; Johnnie Ray;
Frank Sinatra; Sylvia Syms; Art Tatum; Sarah Vaughan; The Velours;
Lee Wiley; Victor Young & His Orch.


Dinner is ended, the music is grand,
Softly the lanterns gleam.
Isn't it splendid to sit hand in hand,
Silently lost in a dream?

Hands across the table
While the lights are low,
Tho' you hush your lips,
Your fingertips
Tell me all I want to know.
Hands across the table
Meet so tenderly,
And they say in their little way 
That you belong to me

Silence is golden, so do not reply,
And I shall understand.
All can be told in a look of your eye,
And in a touch of your hand.

Hand across the table
While the lights are low,
Tho' you hush your lips,
Your fingertips
Tell me all I want to know.
Hands across the table
Meet so tenderly,
And they say in their little way 
That you belong to me


(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - April 2005)