Arthur Schwartz wrote this work in about 1920, when he was working at a summer camp in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. The original lyrics were by Lorenz Hart who was also working at the camp. Hart's lyrics were as follows: I love to lie awake in bed Right after taps I pull the flaps above my head And watch the stars upon my pillow Oh what I light the moonbeams shed I feel so happy I could cry And tears are born right in the corner of my eye To be at home with Ma was never like this I could live forever like this I love to lie awake a while And go to sleep with a smile