Blue Moon...
...and when I looked
the moon had turned to gold.
We all need a little glamour now and then…
Blue Moon
1934, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Blue Moon
You saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
Blue Moon
You knew just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care for
And then there suddenly appeared
before me
The only one my arms will ever hold
I heard somebody whisper, "Please adore me."
And when I looked,
the moon had turned to gold, oh
Blue Moon
Now I'm no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own
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And how about a blue moon cocktail?
There are quite a few options online. The oldest is from 1917, in Hugo Ensslin’s Recipes for Mixed Drinks:
1½ oz gin
½ oz French (dry) vermouth
dash orange bitters
dash (or two) Creme Yvette or Creme de Violette
stir with ice until cold and strain into a chilled cocktail glass
top with a splash of claret (a red bordeaux or similar full-bodied red wine)
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Blue Moon Martini ¾ oz blue curacao 1½ oz gin |
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1 oz lime juice |
Cocktail Blue Moon 6 oz champagne |
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The Blue Moon Cocktail 2 oz dry gin |
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I think perhaps my Secret Admirer will give me some blue curacao this year.
Maybe if he's feeling generous, some Creme de Violette, too.
Of course, there are many more moon songs.
A few that come to mind:
Janis Joplin: Half Moon
Benny Goodman: Moonglow
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Bad Moon
Van Morrison: Moondance
Nat King Cole: It's Only a Paper Moon
Cat Stevens: Moon Shadow
Dean Martin: That's Amore
The Mariners: I See the Moon
Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill: Alabama Song
Frank Sinatra: Fly Me to the Moon
Drew Carey: Moon over Parma
