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Thread #24292   Message #276591
Posted By: Joe Offer
12-Aug-00 - 10:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Lord, Blow the Moon Out Please
Subject: ADD: Lord Blow the Moon Out, Please
Hi, Bet - Here's the version I found at Kididdles.
-Joe Offer-

Lord, Blow the Moon Out Please

Words and Music By: Unknown
Adapted By: Terry Kluytmans
Adaptation Copyright © 1999 Terry Kluytmans

Bed is too small for my tiredness;
Give me a hillside with trees.
Tuck a cloud up under my chin.
Lord, blow the moon out, please!

Rock me to sleep in a cradle of dreams;
So that I may slumber in peace.
Tuck a cloud up under my chin.
Lord, blow the moon out, please!

Bed is too small for my tiredness;
Give me a hillside with trees.
Tuck a cloud up under my chin.
Lord, blow the moon out, please!


I think you can ignore the copyright claim. Words are the same as I found in Rise Up Singing, except that the songbook has the second verse this way:
Rock me to sleep in a cradle of dreams,
Sing me a lullaby of leaves
Tuck a cloud up under my chin
Lord, blow the moon out, please.
Song Fest (1948) has "Sing me a lullaby of dreams." I think I like the "Kididdles" version best, but I still don't think they deserve a copyright.
-Joe Offer-