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MY SWEETHEART'S THE MAN IN THE MOON
1892
Words and Music by Hames Thorton


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4-Bar Intro

Sequence Verse /Chorus 1, Verse 2/Chorus 2

Verse 1

EV-'RY BOD-Y HAS A SWEET-HEART UN-DER NEATH THE ROSE.
EV-'RY BOD-Y LOVES A BOD-Y, SO THE OLD SONG GOES,
I'VE A SWEET-HEART, YOU ALL KNOW HIM JUST AS WELL AS ME,
EV-'RY EV-'NIN; I CAN SEE HIM SHORT-LY AF-TER TEA

Chorus 1
 
MY SWEET-HEART'S THE MAN IN THE MOON,
I'M GO-ING TO MAR-RY HIM SOON,
'TWOULD FILL ME WITH BLISS, JUST TO GIVE HIM ONE KISS,
BUT I KNOW THAT A DOZ-EN I NEV-ER WOULD MISS.
I'LL GO UP IN A GREAT BIG BAL-LOON,
AND SEE MY SWEET-HEART IN THE MOON,
THEN BE-HIND SOME DARK CLOUD, WHERE NO ONE IS AL-LOW'D,
I'LL MAKE LOVE TO THE MAN IN THE MOON.

Verse 2

I HAVE OF-TEN WONDER'D WHERE HE SPENDS HIS TIME ALL DAY,
P'RHAPS HE HAD AN-OTH-ER SWEET-HEART MA-NY MILES A-WAY,
MAY-BE SOME SWEET, DARK HAR'D MAID-EN, DAI-LY HE DOES WOO,
BUT AS LONG AS I DON'T CATCH HIM, I'LL BE-LIEVE HIM TRUE.

Chorus 2

LAST NIGHT WHILE THE STARS BRIGHT-LY SHONE,
HE TOLD ME THROUGH LOVE'S TEL-E-PHONE,
THAT WHEN WE WERE WED, HE'D GO EAR-LY TO BED,
AND NEV-ER STAY OUT WITH THE BOYS, SO HE SAID,
WE ARE GO-ING TO MAR-RY NEXT JUNE,
THE WED-DING TAKES PLACE IN THE MOON,
A SWEET LIT-TLE VE-NUS, WE'LL FON-DLE BE-TWEEN US,
WHEN I WED MY OLD MAN IN THE MOON.

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