In the Mood

Glenn Miller (#1 in 1940)

- words by Andy Razaf, music by Joe Garland

- charted by Glenn Miller at #1 in 1940 and again at #20 in 1943

- also charted at #16 by Johnny Maddox in 1953

- as recorded by The Andrews Sisters



Who's the lovin' daddy with the beautiful eyes

What a pair o' lips, I'd like to try 'em for size

I'll just tell him, "Baby, won't you swing it with me"

Hope he tells me maybe, what a wing it will be

So, I said politely "Darlin' may I intrude"

He said "Don't keep me waitin' when I'm in the mood"



First I held him lightly and we started to dance

Then I held him tightly what a dreamy romance

And I said "Hey, baby, it's a quarter to three

There's a mess of moonlight, won't-cha share it with me"

"Well" he answered "Baby, don't-cha know that it's rude

To keep my two lips waitin' when they're in the mood"



In the mood, that's what he told me

In the mood, and when he told me

In the mood, my heart was skippin'

It didn't take me long to say "I'm in the mood now"



In the mood for all his kissin'

In the mood his crazy lovin'

In the mood what I was missin'

It didn't take me long to say "I'm in the mood now"



So, I said politely "Darlin' may I intrude"

He said "Don't keep me waitin' when I'm in the mood"



"Well" he answered "Baby, don't-cha know that it's rude

To keep my two lips waitin' when they're in the mood"



Who's the lovin' daddy with the beautiful eyes

What a pair o' lips, I'd like to try 'em for size

I'll just tell him, "Baby, won't you swing it with me"

Hope he tells me maybe, what a wing it will be

So, I said politely "Darlin' may I intrude"

He said "Don't keep me waitin' when I'm in the mood"



First I held him lightly and we started to dance

Then I held him tightly what a dreamy romance

And I said "Hey, baby, it's a quarter to three

It's a mess of moonlight, won't-cha share it with me"

"Well" he answered "Baby, don't-cha know that it's rude

To keep my two lips waitin' when they're in the mood"



Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz

ronhontz@worldnet.att.net