Dance by the Light of the Moon

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The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 teams, representing sovereign states and territories participating; by default the Games generally substitute for any World Championships the year in which they take place (however, each class usually maintains their own records). The Olympic Games are normally held every four years, and since 1994, have alternated between the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years during the four-year period. Their creation was inspi… more »


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Dance By The Light of The Moon
The Olympics
(Jimmy Eaton, Clif Goldsmith, Mickey Leader, Terry Shand, Fred Smith)
& Alexander M. Courage, Public Domain Share PD
Arvee Records # 5020
Pop Chart #47 Dec 5, 1960

Intro:
Dance! Dance! Dance! Dance!

Ask your mom and your daddy
Can you go out tonight
When the starts are bright
Beneath the pale moonlight
Ask your mom and your daddy
Can you go out tonight
We gonna dance by the light of the moon

Ooh, by the light, by the light, of the silvery moon
We gonna dance by the light of the moon
By the light, by the light of the silvery moon
We gonna dance (dance)

I got a dollar in my pocket
Gonna keep the juke a-rockin' 
Keep the juke a-rockin'
'Till she wears out her stockin' 
Got a dollar in my pocket
Gonna keep the juke a rockin' 
Dance by the light of the moon

Ooh, by the light, by the light, of the silvery moon
We gonna dance by the light of the moon
From the light, from the light of the silvery moon
We gonna dance (yeah)

I'm gonna dance with my darlin'
With a hole in her stockin'
Knees keep a-rockin'
Toes keep a-poppin'
Gonna dance with my darlin'
With a hold in her stockin'
Dance by the light of the moon

Ooh, by the light, by the light, of the silvery moon
We gonna dance a-by the light of the moon
By the light, by the light, of the silvery moon
We gonna dance (yeah)

(Instrumental & sax)
Dance, dance, oh the silvery moon
Dance, dance, oh the silvery moon 

(Yeah-Yea!)

I'm gonna dance with my darlin' with the hole in her stockin'
Knees keep a knockin'
Toes keep a-poppin'
Gonna dance with my darlin' with the hole in her stockin'
Dance by the light of the moon

Ooh, by the light
(By the light, of the silvery moon)
C'mon now, baby (yeah)
By the light of the moon
By the light, by the light, of the silvery moon
We gonna dance
(Yeah!)

A-by the light
(By the light, of the silvery moon)

FADES-
C'mon now, sugar (yeah) 
A-by the light of they moon
A-by the light, by the light, of the silvery moon
We gonna dance
(Yeah).

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Written by: JIMMY EATON, CLIFFORD L. GOLDSMITH, MICKEY LEADER, TERRY SHAND, FRED SLEDGE SMITH

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