| Composer | Burton Lane |
| Lyricist | Yip Harburg |
| Year Written | 1947 |
About This Song
“Old Devil Moon” was written by Burton Lane and Yip Harburg for the 1947 musical Finian’s Rainbow, which also gave us “How Are Things in Glocca Morra?” While Alec Wilder was no fan of “How Are Things in Glocca Morra?”, in America Popular Song, he praises “Old Devil Moon” as “a well-written, wholly convincing song. It drives, and its initial intensity is sustained throughout.”
View Lyrics
I looked at you and suddenly
Something in your eyes I see
Soon begins witching me
It’s that old devil moon
That you stole from the sky
It’s that old devil moon deep in your eyes
You and your glance makes this romance too hot to handle
Stars in the night blazin’ their light can’t hold a candle
To your razzle dazzle
You’ve got me flyin’ high and wide
On a magic carpet ride
Full of butterflies inside
I wanna cry
Wanna croon
Wanna laugh like a loon
It’s that old devil moon deep in your eyes
Just when I think I’m free as a dove
Old evil moon deep in your eyes
Blinds me with love!!
You and your glance makes this romance too hot to handle
Stars in the night blazin’ their light can’t hold a candle
To your razzle dazzle
You’ve got me flyin’ high and wide
On a magic carpet ride
Full of butterflies inside
I wanna cry
Wanna croon
Wanna laugh like a loon
It’s that old devil moon deep in your eyes
Just when I think I’m free as a dove
Old evil moon deep in your eyes
Blinds me with love
Recordings
1954
Tony Bennett recorded “Old Devil Moon” on August 6, 1954, for Cloud 7. Chuck Wayne wrote the arrangement.
Release History
| 1955 | Columbia LP 12″: CL 621 — Cloud 7 |
| 2004 | Columbia CD: CK 85806 — Cloud 7 |
| 2004 | Jazz CD: 5060392000 — Cloud 7 |
| 2007 | Proper CD: PROPERBOX 121 — Young Tony |
| 2008 | Not Now Music CD: NOT3CD010 — Three Original Hit Albums [UK] |
| 2011 | Columbia The Complete Collection — Disc 9 — Cloud 7 |