REACHING FOR THE MOON
(Irving Berlin)

Ben Pollack's Central Park Orch. - 1930
Ruth Etting - 1931
Jack Hylton & His Orch. - 1931
Roy Fox & His Band (vocal: Al Bowlly) - 1931
Sam Lanin's Dance Ensemble - 1931
Raie Da Costa - 1931
Ray Noble's New Mayfair Dance Orch. (vocal: Al Bowlly) - 1931
Ella Fitzgerald (with Paul Weston & His Orch.) - 1958
Frank Sinatra (with Nelson Riddle & His Orch.) - 1965
Roseanna Vitro - 1991
Bobbi Baird & Mike Renzi - 1993
Donna Byrne - 2001
Diana Panton Trio - 2006
Holly Cole - 2007
Lyle Ritz & Rebecca Kilgore - 2007

Also recorded by:
Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm; Alison Bentley; Brad Goode;
Faith Gibson; Carl Brisson; Gene Dinovy; Cara Campanelli;
Victor Marchese; Dunstan Coulber Quartet......and others.



How pale the Moon, a sky of blue
And here am I, but where are you?
A dream of love would soon come true
If I could reach the Moon and you

The Moon and you appear to be
So near and yet so far from me
And here am I, on a night in June
Reaching for the Moon and you

I wonder if we'll ever meet
My song of love is incomplete
I'm just the words looking for the tune
Reaching for the moon and you

I'm just the words looking for the tune
Reaching for the Moon and you



(Transcribed by Peter Akers & Mel Priddle - September 2011)