PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
014 - Night and Day
Introduction
Like the beat, beat, beat, of the tom-tom,
when the jun-gle shad-ows fall.
Like the tick, tick, tock of the state-ly clock,
as it stands a-gainst the wall.
Like the drip, drip, drip of the rain-drops,
when the sum-mer show'r is through,
so a voice with-in me keeps re-peat-ing,
you, you, you-- [pause]
Verse 1
Night and day (triplet) you-are-the one
^ On-ly you ^ be-neath the moon
and (triplet) un-der-the sun.
Wheth-er near to me or far
it's no mat-ter, darl-ing,
where you are, I think of you
^ night and day.
Verse 2
Day and night (triplet) why-is-it so
^ that this long-ing for you
(triplets)fol-lows-wher-ev-er-I go?
In the roar-ing traf-fic's boom
in the si-lence of my lone-ly room,
I think of you, night and day.
Bridge
Night and day, (triplet) un-der-the hide of me
there's an oh, such a hun-gry
yearn-ing, (triplet) burn-ing-in side of me.
And this tor-ment won't be through
‘til you let me spend my life mak-ing love to you, (maintain volume across big interval)
day and night, night and day.
[8 x bar Instrumental]
Half-verse
Wheth-er near to me or far
it's no mat-ter, darl-ing,
where you are, I think of you
^ night and day.
Verse 2 repeat
Day and night (triplet) why-is-it so
^ that this long-ing for you
(triplets)fol-lows-wher-ev-er-I go?
In the roar-ing traf-fic's boom
in the si-lence of my lone-ly room,
I think of you, night and day.
Bridge repeat
Night and day, (triplet) un-der-the hide of me
there's an oh, such a hun-gry
yearn-ing, (triplet) burn-ing-in side of me.
And this tor-ment won't be through
‘til you let me spend my life mak-ing love to you, (maintain volume across big interval)
day and night, night and day.
[Tag]
And this tor-ment won't be through
‘til you let me spend my life mak-ing love to you, (maintain volume across big interval)
day and night, night and day!
Popular song by Cole Porter . It was written for the 1932 musical play Gay Divorce