Thursday 6 May 2010

A BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS

In the mid-seventies, as a member of The Great Gatsbys minstrel troupe, a few lines of the lyrics of the cong for the Combined Chorus item in the competition stuck in my mind.

Those words were ‘The beggar man and his mighty king are only different in name’ and ‘And so remember this….Life is no abyss…Somewhere there’s a bluebird of happiness.

Ja.
Who would have thought that the Kaapse Klopse sing about stuff like this?

BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS (Words by Edward Heyman and Harry Parr Davies / Music by Sandor Harmati) Art Mooney & His Orchestra - 1948

The beggar man and his mighty king are only different in name,
For they are treated just the same by fate.
Today a smile and tomorrow tears,
We're never sure what's in store,
So learn your lesson before too late

So, be like I, hold your head up high,
Till you find a bluebird of happiness.
You will find greater peace of mind
Knowing there's a bluebird of happiness.
And when he sings to you,
Though you're deep in blue,
You will see a ray of light creep through,
And so remember this, life is no abyss,
Somewhere there's a bluebird of happiness.

Life is sweet, tender and complete
When you find the bluebird of happiness.
You will find perfect peace of mind
When you find the bluebird of happiness.
Two hearts that beat as one,
'Neath a new found sun,
We are in a world that's just begun,
And you must sing his song, as you go along,
When you find the bluebird of happiness.

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