SLEEPY LAGOON
(Eric Coates / Jack Lawrence)

Harry James & His Musicmakers (Instr.) - 1942
Dinah Shore - 1942
Jimmy Dorsey & His Orch. (vocal: Bob Eberly) - 1942
Hal McIntyre & His Orch. - 1942
Glenn Miller & His Orch. - 1942
Teddy Powell & His Orch. (vocal: Peggy Mann) - 1942
Al Hirt (Instr.) - 1962

Also recorded by: Doris Day; Nellie Lutcher; Alfred Apaka; 
Bert Kaempfert; Frank Chacksfield; Ted Heath; Ray Anthony;
George Auld; Stan Kenton; Dorothy Kirsten; Richard Tauber; 
Vaughn Monroe; The Platters; Tony Martin; Doc Severinsen; 
Lawrence Welk; John Williams: .......... and many others.
 

A sleepy lagoon, a tropical moon
And two on an island
A sleepy lagoon, and two hearts in tune
In some lullaby land

The fire flies gleam reflects in the stream,
They sparkle and shimmer
A star from on high falls out of the sky
And slowly grows dimmer.

The leaves in the trees all dance in the breeze
And float in the ripple
We're deep in the spell as nightingales tell
Of roses and dew

The memory of this moment of love
Will haunt me forever
A tropical moon, a sleepy lagoon
And you


(Contributed by  - June 2007

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SLEEPY LAGOON

as recorded by Richard Tauber 
with Orchestra conducted by Henry Geehl 
1942


A sleepy lagoon,
A tropical moon,
And two on an island.
A sleepy lagoon
And two hearts in tune
In some lullaby land

The fire flies' gleam
Reflects in the stream,
They sparkle and shimmer;
A star from on high
Falls out of the sky
And slowly grows dimmer.

The leaves in the trees
All dance in the breeze
And float on the ripples;
We're deep in the spell,
As nightingales tell
Of roses and dew.

The memory of
This moment of love
Will haunt me for ever;
A tropical moon,
A sleepy lagoon,
And you!

Stand still,
Oh heaven and earth and river.
Stand still,
Oh time in your endless flight.
If love can but command,
The moon will stand,
The sun won't wake,
The day won't break,
And it will always be tonight.


The leaves in the trees
All dance in the breeze
And float on the ripples;
We're deep in the spell,
As nightingales tell
Of roses and dew.

The memory of
This moment of love
Will haunt me for ever;
A tropical moon,
A sleepy lagoon,
And you!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - July 2012)