MOON SONG (THAT WASN'T MEANT FOR ME)
From the film "Hello, Everybody"
(Music: Arthur Johnston / Lyrics: Sam Coslow)

Kate Smith (Film Soundtrack) - 1933
Frances Langford - 1933
Wayne King & His Orch. - 1933
Jack Denny & His Orch. (vocal: Paul Small) - 1933
Roy Carrol & His Beach Club Orch. - 1933
Art Kassel & His Kassels-In-The-Air (vocal: Milton Antler) - 1933
Annette Hanshaw - 1933
Sam Browne - 1933
Marian McPartland (Instr.) - 1955
George Shearing Quintet (Instr.) - 1957
Doris Day - 1957
Sue Raney - 1958
Louis Armstrong & Oscar Peterson - 1958
Frank Sinatra - 1966

Also recorded by:
Dan Barrett; Stan Kenton; Benny Carter; Nat King Cole; Nancy Nelson;
Warren Vaché; Roland Kirk; Annie Ross; Ray Conniff; Barbara Rosene;
Jimmy Rowles; Ben Webster;  Woody Herman; Ray Conniff; Mel Tormé;
Art Tatum; Bernie Wallace; Bill Berry.






As recorded by SAM BROWNE
with piano accompaniement by PEGGY COCHRANE:


It came from nowhere the night that we met
Was like a melodious plea
Sweet moon song
That wasn’t meant for me

Why is it always reminding me of
A love dream that never could be
Sweet moon song
That wasn’t meant for me

It came gliding into my heart, riding
On a moon beam from above
Sorrow ended and the whole world blended
In a rhapsody of love, then

I heard her singing to somebody else
What I thought was my melody
Sweet moon song
That wasn’t meant for me

(Contributed by Bill Huntley - March 2007)


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As recorded by ANNETTE HANSHAW, 25th January 1933, New York:


Once I tried to capture the rapture of a night
Silly dreams I knew would disappear
But it seems they lasted, a souvenir
One refrain eternally will haunt me, taunt me

It came from nowhere, the night that we met
Was like a melodious plea
Sweet Moon song
That wasn’t meant for me

Why is it always reminding me of
A love dream that never could be
Sweet Moon song
That wasn’t meant for me

It came gliding into my heart
Riding on a moonbeam from above
Sorrow ended and the whole world blended
In a rhapsody of love, then

I heard him singing to somebody else
What I thought was my melody
Sweet Moon song
That wasn’t meant for me

Mmmmm, it rode on a moonbeam from above
It was so beautiful, the night that we met
Just a rhapsody of love, then

I heard him singing to somebody else
What I thought was my melody
Sweet Moon song
That wasn’t meant for me


(Transcribed by Peter Akers - September 2011)
(Updated by Mel Priddle - January 2016)