Shine On Harvest Moon Judy Garland, Count Basie, The Ink Spots,
Ethel Waters (#9 in 1931), Kate Smith (#19 in 1943)

Shine on, shine on harvest moon up in the sky
I ain't had no lovin' since January, February, June, or July
Snow time ain't no time to sit outdoors and spoon
Shine on, shine on harvest moon for me 'n' my gal


Ink Spots Monologue:
C'mon, shine on harvest moon way up there in the sky.  Don'tcha
know I ain't had no lovin' since January, February, June, AND July?  Now, looka
here—don't you know better   than to set out there in the snow 'n' spoon?  C'mon, I don't
want no half moon, I want a full moon.


<sax>

Oh, won't you shine on, shine on harvest moon(shine on, shine on)
Up in the sky? (shine on)
I ain't had no lovin' since January, February, June, or July
(ah-ooba, ah-ooba, ah-ooba , ah-ooh)
Don't you know you're gonna freeze to death
Settin' out there in the snow tryin' to spoon?
So shine on, shine on harvest moon for me 'n' my gal






Four versions charted in 1909 and one in 1910
And, in 1943 Kate Smith took it to # 19
Originally performed by Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth in "The Follies of 1908"
Recorded by Ruth Etting in 1931 for The Ziegfeld Follies, and in 1933 for California Weather.
She also recorded it in 1935 and 1936.
Written by Jack Norworth and Nora Bayes