MOOD THAT I'M IN, THE
Abner Silver (m) Al Sherman (l)


Billie Holiday w Teddy Wilson & his Orch   rec Feb 18th 1937 New York


also-
Valaida Snow
Lionel Hampton & his Orch
Billy Holiday '55


Never dared to have your arms around me,
Not that I considered it a sin,
But tonight I want your arms around me,
It's the mood that I'm in.


Can it be the music that they're playim',
Or the magic of the violin,
That intrigues my heart into obetyin'?
It's the mood that I'm in.


Maybe it's the cocktail that I'm sippin'
That helps to put me in this frame of mind.
Maybe it's because of you I'm slippin',
Tonight I'm so romantically inclined!


So speak to me of love with words so tender,
Let the rhapsody of life begin!
I could give my heart in sweet surrender,
It's the mood that I'm in.










(Contributed by Peter Akers - August 2008)