On a picnic morning,

Without a warning,

I looked at you,

And somehow I knew . . .



It must have been Moonglow,

Way up in the blue,

It must have been Moonglow,

That led me straight to you . . .



I still hear you sayin'

Dear heart hold me fast,

And I start in prayin'

Oh Lord, please let this last,

We . . . seem to float right through the air,

Heavenly songs seem to come from everywhere,

An' now when there's Moonglow,

Way up in the blue,

I always remember,

That Moonglow gave me you . . .



You and I in the sunshine,

We strolled the fields and far,

Heavenly songs seemed to come from everywhere,

And now when there's Moonglow

Way up in the blue,

I always remember,

That Moonglow gave me you,

That Moonglow gave me you,

That Moonglow gave me you . . .



~ from the 1956 film "Picnic"

Words and Music by Will Hudson, Eddie DeLange, and Irving Mills 1934, 1956

Theme from "Picnic" Words by Steve Allen and Music by George Duning 1956