'Round Midnight (Hanighen)

"'Round Midnight" (sometimes "'Round About Midnight") is a 1944 jazz standard  composed by pianist Thelonious Monk. Cootie Williams has received co-credits for his contributions.

Lyrics were added by BERNIE HANIGHEN (ca. 1949):

It begins to tell, 'round midnight, 'round midnight

I do pretty well, till after sundown
Suppertime, I'm feelin' sad, but it really gets bad 'round midnight

Memories always start 'round midnight, 'round midnight
Haven't got the heart to stand those memories
When my heart is still with you and ol' midnight knows it too

When some quarrel we had needs mending
Does it mean that our love is ending
Darlin' I need you, lately I find
You're out of my arms and I'm out of my mind

Let our love take wing some midnight, 'round midnight
Let the angels sing for your returning
Let our love be safe and sound 

Till/when old midnight rolls/comes around

Recordings exist by Jackie Paris (1949), June Christy, Chris Connor, Joy Bryan, Mel Tormé, Frances Wayne, Marge Dodson, Julie London, Toni Harper, Maisa, Joanie Sommers, Buddy Greco, Sarah Vaughan, Inge Brandenburg, Andy & the Bey Sisters, Jack Jones, Ella Fitzgerald, Kimiko Kasai, Singers Unlimited, Anachronic Jazz Band, Richard Evans, Eydie Gorme, Ulla Neumann, Linda Ronstadt, June Tabor, Hue and Cry, Carmen McRae, Lora Szafran, New York Voices, Monica Borrfors, Kenny Rankin, Cassandra Wilson, Big Sugar ft Molly Johnson, Diane Schuur, Elkie Brooks, Angela Hagenbach, Alexia Vassiliou, Dennis Rowland, Sanne Salomonsen, Lynette Washington, Marlena Shaw, Connie Evingson, Vox One, Liz Anthony, Leon Russell, Amy Winehouse, Chaka Khan, Jamie Davis, Bettye LaVette, Ron Kaplan, Karrin Allyson, Donna Tucker, Linda Daiber, Thisbe Vos, Claire Martin, The Allnighters, etc