3 O'Clock In The Morning! (101 Strings Orchestra!) HD - Lyrics Below Video!

"Professor Howdy’s latest HD music video, “3 O’Clock in the Morning!”, radiates elegance and nostalgia. With his signature mastery of pairing romantic orchestral treasures with luminous natural imagery, he transports the viewer into a velvet-hued midnight reverie. The lush strings of the 101 Strings Orchestra glimmer like moonlight on polished glass, their harmonies flowing smoothly and tenderly. The result is a glowing portrait of love suspended in time—melancholy, beautiful, and serenely eternal.

The song “Three O’Clock in the Morning” has a rich and fascinating history. Composed by Julián Robledo around 1919 as a waltz, it first captured hearts in the Greenwich Village Follies of 1921 when lyricist Dorothy Terriss (Theodora Morse) added her poetic words. Then came Paul Whiteman’s 1922 recording, which sold over a million copies, turning this delicate waltz into one of the Roaring Twenties’ most beloved melodies. Its gentle rhythm and haunting charm made it a staple of dance halls and parlors, a song that seemed to glow with the optimism and romance of a changing world.

Musically, its appeal lies in its lilting triple meter and the softly chiming motif that signals the magical hour—three in the morning. It’s the hour of tender confession and quiet devotion, when lovers linger and time itself seems to pause. The lyrics tell of two souls who have “danced the whole night through” and now face the bittersweet moment when night yields to dawn. It is at once a declaration of love and a meditation on how fleeting beauty can be.

The 101 Strings Orchestra, formed in 1957, became synonymous with the “Sound of Magnificence”—lush, emotional, cinematic music designed for pure relaxation and romantic escape. Their rendition of “3 O’Clock in the Morning” transforms the early 20th-century waltz into a mid-century dreamscape, filled with glowing violins, gentle harp arpeggios, and silken harmonies that evoke candlelit ballrooms and calm seaside breezes.

By combining this classic orchestral performance with crystal-clear HD imagery, Professor Howdy revives a bygone era of courtly romance and easy-listening splendor. His videos—part musical museum, part love letter to simpler times—invite the listener to slow down and savor the timeless art of melody and mood. Here, the past shimmers anew: the lovers still dance, the strings still sigh, and somewhere, in the hush before dawn, it is forever three o’clock in the morning.

LYRICS:

It's three o'-clock in the morn-ing,
We've danced the whole night thru,
And day-light soon will be dawn-ing,
Just one more waltz with you,

That mel-o-dy so en-tranc-ing,
Seems to be made for us two,
I could just keep right on danc-ing
for-ev-er dear with you.

There goes the three o' clock chime,
chim-ing, rhym-ing,
My heart keeps beat-ing in time,
Sounds like an old sweet love tune,
Say that there soon will be a hon-ey-moon.

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You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To" was written for the 1943 film Something to Shout About, where it was introduced by Janet Blair and Don Ameche. It was nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Song, but lost to “You’ll Never Know”.

You'd be so nice to come home to
You'd be so nice by the fire...

While that breeze on night sings a lullaby
You'd be all my heart could desire
Under stars chilled by the winter
Under an August moon shining above!

You'd be so nice you'd be paradise
To come home to and love...