Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Frank Sinatra
Performer
George Siravo
Conductor
The George Siravo Orchestra
Performer
Allan Reuss
Guitar
J. Blowers
Drums
Bert Leighton
Piano
P. Stephens
Bass
Arthur Drelinger
Saxophone
J. Jerome
Saxophone
J. Horvath
Saxophone
B. Russin
Saxophone
H. Shertzer
Saxophone
Billy Butterfield
Trumpet
Jerry Lipkins
Trumpet
Pinky Savitt
Trumpet
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Harburg
Lyrics
Harold Arlen
Composer
Billy Rose
Lyrics
George Siravo
Arranger
Lyrics
Say, its only a paper moon
Sailing over a cardboard sea
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me
Yup, it's only a canvas sky
Hanging over a muslin tree
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me
Without your love
It's a honky-tonk parade
Without your love
It's a melody played at a penny arcade
It's a Barnum and Bailey world
Just as phony as it can be
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me
Without your love
Hmm without, your, love
It's a Barnum and Bailey world
Just as phony as it can be
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me
Written by: Billy Rose, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Harold Arlen