THE MASQUERADE

MASQUERADE
(Lyrics: Paul Francis Webster / Music: John Jacob Loeb)

Ted Black & His Orch. (vocal: Dick Robertson) - 1932
Arthur Tracy - 1932
Carol Porter - 1932

Also recorded by: Peter Mintun; Russ Peterson;
Raymond Scott & His Orch.; Eva Suobodova.


As recorded by ARTHUR TRACY:

Sometime soon to be
There's a lover's moon to be
And a lover's tune to be born
No more will I be forlorn
I whisper softly till morn

I want you to kiss
For there must be two to kiss
Moments are so few to kiss now
So `neath a sycamore bough
Meet me there, oh, greet me there somehow

Twilight soon will fade
I'll meet you at the masquerade
While our hearts are swinging
To violins singing till dawn

Lady dressed in jade
Hold me tight at the masquerade
If the music halts, dear
Then my heart will waltz, dear, right on

Twelve o'clock is chiming
On the clock above
Now if you'll unmask your heart
I'll love you, love you

Midnight shadows fade
No one else at the masquerade
Everything is through, dear
But my love for you, dear, lives on


(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - November 2004)


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As recorded by CAROL PORTER (aka Jack Plant):

Sometime soon to be
There's a lover's moon to be
And a lover's tune to be born
No more will I be forlorn
I'll whisper softly till morn

I want you to kiss
For there must be two to kiss
Moments are so few to kiss now
So `neath our sycamore tree
Meet me there, meet me there somehow

Twilight soon will fade
I'll meet you at the Masquerade
While our hearts are swinging
To violins singing till dawn

Lady dressed in jade
Hold me tight at the Masquerade
If the music halts, dear
Then my heart will waltz, dear, right on

Twelve o'clock is chiming
At the close of the day
Now if you'll unmask your heart
I love you, love you


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2012)