IN THE MOOD
(J. Garland / A. Razaf)
The Andrews Sisters


Who's the lovin' daddy with the beautiful eyes
What a pair o' lips, I'd like to try 'em for size
I'll just tell him, "Baby, won't you swing it with me"
Hope he tells me maybe, what a wing it will be
So, I said politely "Darlin' may I intrude"
He said "Don't keep me waitin' when I'm in the mood"
First I held him lightly and we started to dance
Then I held him tightly what a dreamy romance
And I said "Hey, baby, it's a quarter to three
There's a mess of moonlight, won't-cha share it with me"
"Well" he answered "Baby, don't-cha know that it's rude
To keep my two lips waitin' when they're in the mood"
In the mood, that's what he told me
In the mood, and when he told me
In the mood, my heart was skippin'
It didn't take me long to say "I'm in the mood now"
In the mood for all his kissin'
In the mood his crazy lovin'
In the mood what I was missin'
It didn't take me long to say "I'm in the mood now"

So, I said politely "Darlin' may I intrude"
He said "Don't keep me waitin' when I'm in the mood"

"Well" he answered "Baby, don't-cha know that it's rude
To keep my two lips waitin' when they're in the mood"
Who's the lovin' daddy with the beautiful eyes
What a pair o' lips, I'd like to try 'em for size
I'll just tell him, "Baby, won't you swing it with me"
Hope he tells me maybe, what a wing it will be
So, I said politely "Darlin' may I intrude"
He said "Don't keep me waitin' when I'm in the mood"
First I held him lightly and we started to dance
Then I held him tightly what a dreamy romance
And I said "Hey, baby, it's a quarter to three
It's a mess of moonlight, won't-cha share it with me"
"Well" he answered "Baby, don't-cha know that it's rude
To keep my two lips waitin' when they're in the mood"



(Contributed by Roger Kokken - March 2003)

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IN THE MOOD (alt lyric)
 

Mister Whatchacallum watcha doin' tonight?
Hope you're in the mood because I'm feelin' just right.
How's about a corner with a table for two,
Where the music's mellow in some gay rendezvous.
There's no chance romancin' with the blue attitude,
You've got to do some dancin' to get in the mood.


Sister Whatchacallum that's a timely idea,
Something swingadilla would be good to my ear.
Everybody must agree that dancin' has charms
When you have that certan one you love in your arms.
Steppin' out with you will be a sweet interlude,
A builder-upper that will put me in the mood.


In the mood, that's it I got it,
In the mood, your ear will spot it,
in the mood, oh what a hot hit,
Be alive and get the jive, you've got to learn how.


Hep, hep, hep, hep like a hepper,
pep, pep, pep, hot as a pepper,
Step, step, step, step like a stepper,
We're muggin' and huggin', we're in the mood now.


Miste Whatchacallum all you needed was fun,
You can see the wonders that this evenin' has done.
Your feet were so heavy till they hardly could move,
Now they're light as feathers and you're right in the groove.
You were only hungry for some musical food,
You're positively, absolutely in the mood.


Sister Whatchacallum I'm indebted to you,
It all goes to show what good influence can do.
Never felt so happy and so fully alive,
Seems that jam and jumpin' is a powerful jive.
Swingaroo has given me a new attitude,
My heart is full of rhythm and I'm in the mood.


In the mood, that's it 'cause I've got it, and I'm
In the mood.your ear will spot it when you're
In the mood, (scat),
Be alive and get the jive, you've got to learn how.


Hep, hep, hep, you're like a hepper, full of
Pep, pep, pep, you're hot as a pepper, and you
Step, step, step, step like a stepper,
We're huggin', and now we're huggin', 'cause we're in the mood now.



(Contributed by Peter Akers - February 2008)