Somewhere Over the Rainbow
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up
high
There's a land that I heard of once in
a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are
blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
really do come true!
Someday I'll wish upon a star
and wake up where the clouds are far
behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon
drops
Away above the chimney tops, that's
where you'll find me!
Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds
fly
Birds fly over the rainbow, why then
oh why can't I?
( Someday I'll wish upon a star
and wake up where the clouds are far
behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon
drops
Away above the chimney tops, that's
where you'll find me! )
Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds
fly
Birds fly over the rainbow, why then
oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly, beyond
the rainbow
Why oh why can't I!
~ from the Hollywood musical
"The Wizard of Oz"
Music by
Harold Arlen
with lyrics by
E.Y. Harburg , 1939
Leo Feist Inc.
 
With Mitchell Ayres' Orchestra &
Chorus
and Sally Sweetland
Recorded at
Manhattan Center, New York City
Recorded
March 4, 1952
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