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I See the moon - wikipedia I See the moon <Th_colspan="2"> `` I See The Moon '' <Th_colspan="2"> Single by Nancy Sinatra B - side `` Put Your Head on My Shoulder '' Released 1963 Format 7 '' single Genre Pop Length 2 : 38 Label Reprise Songwriter ( s ) Meredith Willson Producer ( s ) Tutti Camarata <Th_colspan="2"> Nancy Sinatra singles chronology <Td_colspan="2"> `` String Module Error : Match not found '' ( String Module Error : Match not found ) `` I See The Moon '' ( 1963 ) `` String Module Error : Match not found '' ( String Module Error : Match not found ) <Td_colspan="2"> You Can Have Any Boy To Know Him Is To Love Him `` The Cruel War '' `` I See the Moon '' , is a popular song written by Meredith Willson . Contents 1 Recordings 2 Television adaptation 3 Origins 4 Nursery rhyme 5 References Recordings ( edit ) The Mariners , in the United States , and The Stargazers , in the United Kingdom , had the best - known versions . The Stargazers ' recording reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1954 . In taking `` I See the Moon '' to number one , the Stargazers became the first act in British chart history to reach number one with their first two records to reach the chart . Several singles released in the interim failed to chart . The Stargazers ' recording was produced by Dick Rowe , one of eight of his UK chart topping successes in that role . The Mariners ' version , released in 1952 , reached number 14 in the United States A recording by Don Cameron with Morton Fraser 's Harmonica Band was made in London on February 17 , 1954 . It was released by EMI on the His Master 's Voice label as catalog number B 10675 . Nancy Sinatra released a version on Reprise Records in 1963 . Television adaptation ( edit ) In 1997 , the English actress Phoebe Nicholls ( as May Thrace ) performed the song with piano accompaniment in an adaptation for television of Ruth Rendell 's mystery , May and June . It was described as her character 's childhood favourite . Origins ( edit ) The song is quoting two works by the Italian opera composer Vincenzo Bellini : Ite su Colle , O Druidi from act 1 of Norma , and the overture to I Capuleti ei Montecchi . Nursery rhyme ( edit ) There is also a nursery rhyme that has the same title , with the first line of the refrain , from which the title is derived , also matches a couplet that appears in English as early as 1784 in a work entitled Gammer Gurton 's Garland , or , The Nursery Parnassus : I see the moon , and the moon sees me , God bless the moon , and God bless me ! References ( edit ) ^ Jump up to : Rice , Jo ( 1982 ) . The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits ( 1st ed . ) . Enfield , Middlesex : Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 13 . ISBN 0 - 85112 - 250 - 7 . Jump up ^ Roberts , David ( 2006 ) . British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed . ) . London : Guinness World Records Limited . pp. 28 -- 9 . ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5 . Jump up ^ The Mariners at AllMusic Jump up ^ `` May and June , Part 2 , broadcast on ITV , 14 February 1997 '' . IMDb.com . Retrieved 2014 - 04 - 03 . Jump up ^ Iona and Peter Opie ( 1951 ) . The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes . London : Oxford University Press . p. 356 . ISBN 9780198691112 . CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter ( link ) <Th_colspan="2"> Meredith Willson Musicals The Music Man ( 1957 ) The Unsinkable Molly Brown ( 1960 ) Here 's Love ( 1963 ) 1491 ( 1969 ) Film scores The Great Dictator ( 1940 ) The Little Foxes ( 1941 ) Compositions Music Man `` Iowa Stubborn '' `` ( Ya Got ) Trouble '' `` Seventy - six Trombones '' `` Goodnight , Ladies '' `` Shipoopi '' `` Till There Was You '' Other `` May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You '' `` It 's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas '' `` I See the Moon '' `` Iowa Fight Song '' Related The Big Show Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I_See_the_Moon&oldid=848188519 '' Categories : 1954 singles UK Singles Chart number - one singles Songs written by Meredith Willson Hidden categories : CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter Music infoboxes with Module : String errors Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Norsk Edit links This page was last edited on 30 June 2018 , at 09 : 21 ( UTC ) . About Wikipedia
1. "I See the Moon" - popular song by Meredith Willson
2. Nancy Sinatra's version of "I See the Moon"
3. The Mariners and The Stargazers - best-known versions of the song
4. Television adaptation of the song in 1997
5. Origins of the song and its connection to Italian opera composer Vincenzo Bellini