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
gonna keep the juke a-rockinand'
keep the juke a-rockinand'
and'till she wears out her stockinand'
got a dollar in my pocket
gonna keep the juke a rockinand'
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)
Iand'm gonna dance with my darlinand'
with a hole in her stockinand'
knees keep a-rockinand'
toes keep a-poppinand'
gonna dance with my darlinand'
with a hold in her stockinand'
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 and sax)
dance, dance, oh the silvery moon
dance, dance, oh the silvery moon
(yeah-yea!)
Iand'm gonna dance with my darlinand' with the hole in her stockinand'
knees keep a knockinand'
toes keep a-poppinand'
gonna dance with my darlinand' with the hole in her stockinand'
dance by the light of the moon
Ooh, by the light
(by the light, of the silvery moon)
cand'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-
cand'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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