By the Sleepy Lagoon

Plaque commemorating Eric Coates' composition of By the Sleepy Lagoon at Selsey, West Sussex. (detail of plaque)

By the Sleepy Lagoon is a light-orchestral valse serenade by British composer Eric Coates, written in 1930.[1] In 1940 American songwriter Jack Lawrence added lyrics with Coates' approval; the resulting song, "Sleepy Lagoon", became a popular-music standard of the 1940s.[2]

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  2. ^ The Story Behind The Song Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, jacklawrencesongwriter.com, Retrieved 14 November 2010.