The
night was mighty dark
and you could hardly see
Cause the moon refused to shine
And there's a couple sittin'
near the willow tree
Oh, for long, how they hanged.
The little maid,
she was kind of afraid of the dark.
So she said, I think I'll go.
The boy began to sigh,
looked up at the sky,
And told the moon his little tale of woe,
woe
Shine, shine on home sweet
Up in the sky
I ain't had me no lovin' since January,
February, June and July
It's a slow time, ain't no time
to stay outdoors and snooze
So shine on, shine on all this moon
for me and my gal
But you know things didn't work out
for the boy and his sweetheart
She left him for somebody else
And the boy went to the big city
Started drowning his
troubles in the whiskey
Oh Lord, and the big city went mad St. Louis,
mama
Where's all your diamond rings?
Oh, you drags men around
just like they was on the street
Well, if it weren't for paint and powder
an d all that store -bought hell
Good Lord, these St. Louis women,
they would not be no wham,
wham, wham,
I got the St. Louie blues,
I'm just as blue as I can be
Yeah, that woman's got a heart
like a rock cast into the sea
Oh, why did my sweetheart go
so far away from me?
I can't see why a boy should sigh
when by his side is the girl he loves so true.
All he has to say is,
won't you be my bride?
For now his sweetheart loves him too.
Why should I be tellin' you the secret
When I'm sure that you can guess?
The harvest moon will smile,
shine on all the while
The sweetheart yes,
she answers yes, yes
Shining on, shining on
all those moons up in the sky.
I ain't had me no lovin' since January,
February, January.
But it's no good time, ain't no time
to stay outdoors at this point
So shine on, shine on,
shine on harvest moon
for me and my gal you