Written by: Jack Brooks
Written by: Hoagy Carmichael
Originally made famous by: Hoagy Carmichael
From the Album: 1946:
Old Gold Shows (1994)
From the Film: Canyon Passage (1946)
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(do do-do-do, do do-do do)
(do do-do-do, do)
Ole buttermilk sky (ole buttermilk
sky)
I'm keepin' my eye peeled on you
What's the good word tonight?
Are you gonna be mellow tonight?
Ole buttermilk sky (ole
buttermilk sky)
Can't you see my little doggie
and me
We're as happy as a christmas
tree
Headin' for the one I love (the
one I love)
I'm gonna pop her the question,
that question
Do you Darlin', do ya do?
It'll be easy, so easy
If I can only bank on you
Ole buttermilk sky (ole
buttermilk sky)
I'm tellin' you why, now you
know
Keep it in mind tonight
Keep brushin' those clouds from
sight
Ole buttermilk sky (ole
buttermilk sky)
Don't fail me when I'm needin'
you most
Hang a moon above her hitching
post
Hitch me to the one I love
(buttermilk sky)
------ orchestral interlude
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(gonna pop her the question, the
question
Darlin', do you do?
It'll be easy, so easy)
If I can only bank on you
Ole buttermilk sky (ole
buttermilk sky)
I'm tellin' you why, now you
know
Keep it in mind tonight
Keep brushin' those clouds from
sight
Ole buttermilk sky (ole
buttermilk sky)
Don't fail me when I'm needin'
you most
Hang a moon above her hitching
post
Hitch me to the one I love
(buttermilk sky)
You can if you try
Don't tell me no lie
(will you be mellow and bright
tonight?
Oh, butermilk sky!) "