Ives, Burl - The Moon's The Northwind's Cooky Lyrics






The moon's the northwind's cooky
He bites it day by day
Until there's but a rim of scraps
That crumble all away
The southwind is a baker
He kneads clouds in his den
And bakes a crisp new moon
That greedy northwind eats again





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    Burl Ives sang it to us. We haven't the record but carried them memory of it for double nickels and a few pennies.

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    Written by Vachel Lindsay {poem} and Albert Hague {music}. Orchestra under the direction of Percy Faith.

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    my mom sang this to me as a lullaby growing up, and now I sing it to my kids! :-)

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    I knew this song as a kid in the fifties.... I've been trying to remember the words for years! Thanks.