Moon River, wider than a mile ___ I'm crossing you in style some day. You dream maker, your heartbreaker, ___ Wherever you're going you're going my way.
Two drifters off to see the world ___ There's such a ot of world to see We're after the same Rainbow's End ___ waitin' round the bend, ______ my Huckleberry Friend Moon River –– and me."
On the day I was born, Said my father, said he. I've an an elegant legacy Waitin' for ye, 'Tis a rhyme for your lips And a song for your heart, To sing it whenever The world falls apart.
Look, look Look to the rainbow. Follow it over the hill And the stream. Look, look Look to the rainbow. Follow the fellow Who follows a dream. Follow the fellow, Follow the fellow, Follow the fellow Who follows a dream.
'Twas a sumptuous gift To bequeath to a child. Oh the lure of that song Kept her feet funnin' wild. For you never grow old And you never stand still, With whippoorwills singin' Beyond the next hill.
Look, look Look to the rainbow. Follow it over the hill And the stream. Look, look Look to the rainbow. Follow the fellow Who follows a dream. Follow the fellow, Follow the fellow, Follow the fellow Who follows a dream.
My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
Although there is no pot of gold There's something better far –– A Loveliness that won't grow old –– That can't be bought or sold –– As bright as any star.
An evanescent glimpse of Beauty Living on as glowing Heart's Desire Transforming every dun gray Duty Into a Radiance forever kind A priceless Treasure to which most are blind. Yet kindling for the Few heartwarming fire.
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 window pane. 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 heard of once in a lullaby, Somewhere over the rainbow skys 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, blue birds 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?
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I brake for beauty! ;)
ReplyDeleteJoe,
Delete**smile**
Moon River, wider than a mile
ReplyDelete___ I'm crossing you in style some day.
You dream maker, your heartbreaker,
___ Wherever you're going you're going my way.
Two drifters off to see the world
___ There's such a ot of world to see
We're after the same Rainbow's End
___ waitin' round the bend,
______ my Huckleberry Friend
Moon River –– and me."
~ Henry Mancini - from Breakfast at Tiffanies
I'd forgotten about that line in "Moon River"! Thanks for the reminder.
DeleteLOOK to the RAINBOW
ReplyDeleteOn the day I was born,
Said my father, said he.
I've an an elegant legacy
Waitin' for ye,
'Tis a rhyme for your lips
And a song for your heart,
To sing it whenever
The world falls apart.
Look, look
Look to the rainbow.
Follow it over the hill
And the stream.
Look, look
Look to the rainbow.
Follow the fellow
Who follows a dream.
Follow the fellow,
Follow the fellow,
Follow the fellow
Who follows a dream.
'Twas a sumptuous gift
To bequeath to a child.
Oh the lure of that song
Kept her feet funnin' wild.
For you never grow old
And you never stand still,
With whippoorwills singin'
Beyond the next hill.
Look, look
Look to the rainbow.
Follow it over the hill
And the stream.
Look, look
Look to the rainbow.
Follow the fellow
Who follows a dream.
Follow the fellow,
Follow the fellow,
Follow the fellow
Who follows a dream.
~ R.R. Bennet & D. Walker
Finian's Rainbow (1947)
My heart leaps up when I behold
ReplyDeleteA rainbow in the sky:
So was it when my life began;
So is it now I am a man;
So be it when I shall grow old,
Or let me die!
The Child is father of the Man;
And I could wish my days to be
Bound each to each by natural piety.
~William Wordsworth (1770-185o)
The rainbow never tells me
ReplyDeleteThat gust and storm are by,
Yet is she more convincing
Than Philosophy.
My flowers turn from Forums—
Yet eloquent declare
What Cato couldn’t prove me
Except the birds were here!
~ Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
On this long storm the Rainbow rose —
ReplyDeleteOn this late Morn —t he Sun —
The clouds —l ike listless Elephants —
Horizons — straggled down —
The Birds rose smiling, in their nests —
The gales — indeed — were done —
Alas, how heedless were the eyes —
On whom the summer shone!
The quiet nonchalance of death —
No Daybreak — can bestir —
The slow — Archangel's syllables
Must awaken her!
~ Emly Dickinson (1830-1886
It's disgusting how the left has co-opted the rainbow.
ReplyDeleteI've no doubt their morality brought on the first rainbow.
That doesn't have to be if you don't LET them mar your love for and understanding of God's truth, Ed.
Delete____ The Arc in the Sky _____
ReplyDeleteAlthough there is no pot of gold
There's something better far ––
A Loveliness that won't grow old ––
That can't be bought or sold ––
As bright as any star.
An evanescent glimpse of Beauty
Living on as glowing Heart's Desire
Transforming every dun gray Duty
Into a Radiance forever kind
A priceless Treasure to which most are blind.
Yet kindling for the Few heartwarming fire.
~ Abner Dilys Arbogaast
____ OVER the RAINBOW ____
ReplyDeleteWhen 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 window pane.
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 heard of once in a lullaby,
Somewhere over the rainbow skys 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, blue birds 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?
~ Lyrics: E.Y. Harburg, Music: Harold Arlen