What A Little Moonlight Can Do

Lyrics

Ooh, ooh, oohWhat a little moonlight can doOoh, ooh, oohWhat a little moonlight can do to you
You’re in loveYour heart’s a flutter and all day longYou only stutter‘Cause your poor tongueJust won’t utter the wordsI love you
Ooh, ooh, oohWhat a little moonlight can doWait a whileTill a little moonbeam comes peepin’ through
You’ll get boldYou can’t resist himAnd all you’ll sayWhen you have kissed him is
Ooh, ooh, oohWhat a little moonlight can do
Ooh, ooh, oohWhat a little moonlight can doOoh, ooh, oohWhat a little moonlight can do to you
You’re in loveYour heart’s a flutter and all day longYou only stutter‘Cause your poor tongueJust won’t utter the wordsI love you
Ooh, ooh, oohWhat a little moonlight can doWait a whileTill a little moonbeam comes peepin’ through
You’ll get boldYou can’t resist himAnd all you’ll sayWhen you have kissed him is
Ooh, ooh, oohWhat a little moonlight can do

Song Notes

“What a Little Moonlight Can Do,” a song recorded at the beginning of her career, was written by Harry M. Woods. In 1934, Woods moved to London for three years where he worked for the British film studio Gaumont British, contributing material to several films, one of which was Road House (1934). The song was sung in the film by Violet Lorraine and included an introductory verse, not heard in the version later recorded by Billie Holiday, accompanied by Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra, on July 2, 1935.

The song later reappeared on a 1954 album titled simply Billie Holiday, released on Clef Records, despite the fact that her final contemporaneous album also had the same name prior to it being changed to Last Recordings instead. The recordings took place in 1952 and 1954. Holiday never entered the recording studio in 1953.

In a 1954 review, Down Beat magazine praises the album, saying: “The set is an experience in mounting pleasure that can do anything but increase still further no matter how often the LP is replayed. As for comparing it with earlier Teddy Wilson-Billie sessions, what’s the point? Count your blessings in having both. Speaking of time, Billie’s beat and variations thereon never cease to be among the seven wonders of jazz.”

– Wikipedia