Judy Garland
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
by Harold Arlen and E. Harburg
Somewhere
over the rainbow, way up high
Someday I'll wish upon a star Somewhere
over the rainbow, blue birds fly
There's a land that I've 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.
And
wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt
like lemon drops,
High above the chimney tops,
That's where
you'll find me.
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?
As sung by Judy Garland at the Palace theater in New York City - 1951 (I was there in the balcony. The place was packed. The audience was devastated, when she finished and ran off there was absolute silence...until the standing ovation began and never ended.)
Judy's New York Times obituary
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