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This song is a ballad - the lyrics tell a story. At the beginning of the song, the singer is depressed by the melancholy 'blue' moon. But wh en he meets his love, he sees the moon's true golden colour for the first time.

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This song dates from 1930. The many recordings of it have lead to it becoming

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