Over the Rainbow

Harold Arlen (1905-1986)

arr. Guy Turner

 

When all the world is a hopeless jumble
And the raindrops tumble all around
Heaven opens a magic lane

 

When all the clouds darken up the skyway
There's a rainbow highway to be found
Leading from your windowpane

To a place behind the sun
Just a step beyond the rain

Somewhere, over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I dreamed of
Once in a lullabye

Somewhere, over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true

 

Some day I'll wish upon a star

And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where laughter falls like lemon drops

Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me

 

Somewhere, over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true

 

If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh, why can't I?

 

 

This piece was performed on Octarium's Should Have Been Choral, June 2008 and Should Have Been Choral, May, 2009.