Polka Dots and Moonbeams - Bud Shank and Bob Cooper Featuring Joe Zawinul, Bud Shank, Joe Zawinul

A country dance was being held in a garden

I felt a bump and heard an «Oh, beg your pardon»

Suddenly I saw polka dots and moonbeams

All around a pug-nosed dream

The music started and was I the perplexed one

I held my breath and said «May I have the next one»

In my frightrnrd arms, polka dots and moonbeams

Sparkled on a pug-nosed dream

There were questions in the eyes of other dancers

As we floated over the floor

There were questions but my heart knew all the answers

And perhaps a few things more

Now in a cottage made of lilacs and laughter

I know the meaning of the words «ever after»

And I ll always see polka dots and moonbeams

When I kiss my pug-nosed dream

Words by Johnny Burke, Music by Jimmy van Heusen