“(There Ought to Be a) Moonlight Saving Time” by Frank Luther & the High Hatters (1931)

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“(There Ought to Be a) Moonlight Saving Time”
Frank Luther & the High Hatters (1931)
Written by Irving Kahal & Harry Richman

LYRICS:

There ought to be a moonlight-saving time
So I could love that girl of mine
Until the birdies wake and chime
“Good morning”

There ought to be a law in clover time
To keep that moon out overtime
To keep each lover’s lane in rhyme
Till dawning

You’d better hurry up, hurry up,
Hurry up, get busy today
You’d better croon a tune, croon a tune
To the man up in the moon
And here’s what I’d say

There ought to be a moonlight-saving time
So I could love that girl of mine
Until the birdies wake and chime
“Good morning”

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