Over the Rainbow - Larry Clinton - Bea Wain - 1938

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Over The Rainbow
From MGM-Film "The Wizard of Oz"
Slow Foxtrot
Larry Clinton And His Orchestra
Vocals: Bea Wain
Writers: Harold Arlen (Composer), E. Y. Harburg (Lyricist)

Catalog Number: Victor 26174-A
Matrix Number: BS-030376 (Take 1, 10", 78 RPM)
Place and Take Date: New York, Studio 2, 1938-12-08
The recording on the other side of this disc: The Jitterbug

Bea Wain and Larry Clinton were the first to record "Over The Rainbow."
MGM prohibited the release until „The Wizard of Oz“ had opened (1939-08-25).

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?

Source for audio restoration: https://great78.archive.org/