TELL HER IN THE MORNING
(Ray Rasch / Dotty Wayne)

as recorded by Nat "King" Cole
with Nelson Riddle & his Orchestra
1960


[spoken]
Funny how the moon is around whenever love appears,
but when the stars go to sleep and the moon fades out of sight,
then what happens?

[sung]
Last night I kissed her,
I kissed my baby,
And held her in the moonlight,
I said I loved her
And promised we would never part.
My baby told me
It was the moonlight
That made me say I loved her,
She said the moonlight
Had hypnotised my faithful heart!

She said, "Tell me in the mornin'
What you tell me tonight!",
She said, "Tell me in the mornin'
When the sun is shinin' bright!".

I gotta wind up the old alarm clock,
I gotta meet my baby,
I gotta meet her before it's dark!

She said, "Tell me in the mornin'
What you tell me tonight!",
She said, "Tell me in the mornin'
When the sun is shinin' bright!".

I gotta wind up the old alarm clock,
I gotta meet my baby,
I gotta meet her before it's dark!
I'm gonna kiss her
Till I convince her
That she's the only love of my life!
I'm gonna tell her in the mornin'
What I told my baby last night!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - July 2014)