\"How High the Moon\" is a jazz standard with lyrics by Nancy Hamilton and music by Morgan Lewis. It was first featured in the 1940 Broadway revue Two for the Show, where it was sung by Alfred Drake and Frances Comstock.[1]
In \"Two for the Show\", this was a rare (and unforgettable) serious moment in an otherwise humorous revue. The song was sung, in a slow fox trot tempo, by a group of evening-dressed people walking along a London street. At the end, they all looked at the sky, and cowered, obviously terrified: quick curtain. It was 1940, and the time of the London blitz: a clear night meant \"bomber's moon\". ======================== http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Porter_Stomp ======================== Somewhere there’s music How faint the tune Somewhere there’s heaven How high the moon There is no moon above When love is far away too Till it comes true That you love me as I love you
Somewhere there’s music How near, how far Somewhere there’s heaven It’s where you are The darkest night would shine If you would come to me soon Until you will, how still my heart How high the moon
Somewhere there’s music How faint the tune Somewhere there’s heaven How high the moon The darkest night would shine If you would come to me soon Until you will, how still my heart How high the moon -----------------------