Day 30 - Fly Me to the Moon - by Bart Howard

This is the last day of the 30-Day Poetry Challenge.  It's been so much fun (and educational) that I thought I would do something completely different for the last day.  This is one of my favourite songs.  I'm currently trying to learn how to play it on piano.

Bart Howard (1915 - 2004), born Howard Joseph Gustafson, is probably a name that many people don't know.  He wrote this song (and I'm considering this a poem set to music ;) and called it "In Other Words" but the publisher had to change the title after it became so popularly known as Fly Me to the Moon. The song is probably more remembered by the singers who performed it - like Peggy Lee, Diana Krall, Ella Fitzgerald, and of course Frank Sinatra.

Here is my 'spoken' version of this poem/song - with a little flair for just fun:
https://soundcloud.com/raindrop-11/fly-me-to-the-moon

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Fly Me to the Moon - by Bart Howard

Fly me to the moon
And let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On a Jupiter and Mars

In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby , kiss me

Fill my heart with song
and let me sing forever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore

In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you

Fill my heart with song
Let me sing forever more
You are all I long for
All I worship and adore

In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you
In other words, I love you.

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Of course, no one can do this like Frank Sinatra.  Here is his absolutely lovely version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQR0bXO_yI8

If you want to learn this on piano as well, here is a GREAT tutorial on how to play it!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zCkzYkNNoo