You Can Take the Moon

                                 (Laurent Laveder ~photographer)
You can take the moon, gather up the stars

And the robins that sing merrily

Put 'em in a box

Tie 'em with a ribbon

Throw 'em in the deep blue sea

Not for me, all that stuff
The dreams that ruin your sleep
Not for me, had enough
Love is one thing you can keep

You can take the plans and the wedding bells
And whoever sings, "oh, promise me"
Put 'em in a box tie 'em with a ribbon
Throw 'em in the deep blue sea
'Cause love and I we don't agree


Hansoms through the park, kisses in the dark
All the promises made faithfully
Put 'em in a box, tie 'em with a ribbon
Throw 'em in the deep blue sea
Not for me, all that stuff
Not for me, had enough


You know what to do with good old tea for two
And the girl for you, the boy for me
Put 'em in a box, tie 'em with a ribbon
Throw 'em in the deep blue sea
'Cause love and I we don't agree


~ music written by Jule Styne ~ lyrics by Sammy Cahn
popularized by the 1948 movie Romance on the High Seas (aka It's Magic) sung by Doris Day


My mother sang to me each bedtime and this is a song she would sing. She sang many others too. I have such fond memories of her singing to me. She had the voice of an angel. I imagined putting love in a box, tying a yellow ribbon around the box and throwing it into the sea. Her singing transported me to dream-land each night and most of my dreams were sweet.

(this is a school photo of my Mother ~ Barbara)




I sing to our children each night. 
They usually have sweet dreams too.
God bless you Mother, you have blessed me all these years.