CABIN IN THE SKY
From the Broadway Musical "Cabin In The Sky" (1940)
(Vernon Duke / John Latouche)

Ethel Waters (Broadway Production) - 1940
Benny Goodman & His Orch. (vocal: Helen Forrest) - 1940
Ella Fitzgerald - 1940
Ethel Waters & Eddie Anderson (Film Soundtrack) - 1943
Ina Ray Hutton & Her Orch. - 1943
Barbara Carroll - 1953
Corky Hale - 1956
Doris Drew - 1957
Gordon MacRae - 1957
Johnny Mathis - 1957
Rosemary Clooney - 1960
Dinah Washington - 1961

Also recorded by:
André Previn; Sonny Rollins; Sal Salvador; Kay Starr;
Count Basie & His Orch.; Pete Jolly; Frankie Masters;
Stan Freeman; Stan Getz; Jimmy Giuffre; Vaughn Monroe;
Pete Jolly; Sandra King; Andy LaVerne; Jack Teagarden;
Mose Allison; Claude Thornhill; Gil Evans; Ruby Braff;
Les Brown & His Band Of Renown: .......... and others.


In this cloudy sky overhead now
There's no guiding star I can see
And I would be lost by each wild tempest tossed
Oh, if I didn't know of a place we two can go.....

There's a little cabin in the sky, Mister
For me and for you
I feel that it's true somehow

Can't you see that cabin in the sky, Mister
An acre or two of heavenly blue to plow

We will be oh so gay
Eat fried chicken every day
As the angels go sailing by

And that is why my heart is flyin' high, Mister
'Cause I know we'll have a cabin in the sky

We will be oh so gay
Eat fried chicken every day
As the angels go sailing by

That is why my heart is flying high, baby
'Cause I know we'll have a cabin in the sky


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As recorded by ETHEL WATERS & EDDIE "ROCHESTER
ANDERSON for the 1943 film "Cabin In The Sky":


WATERS:
In this cloudy sky overhead now
There's no guiding star I can see
And I would be lost by each wild tempest tossed
Oh, if I didn't know of a place we two can go.....

There's a little cabin in the sky, Mister
For me and for you
I feel that it's true somehow

Can't you see that cabin in the sky, Mister
An acre or two of heavenly blue to plow

We will be oh so gay
All we'll do is sing and pray
As the angels go sailing by

And that is why my heart is flyin' high, Mister
'Cause I know we'll have a cabin in the sky

ANDERSON:
There may be a cabin in the sky, Lady
Yet, I am a boy who's headed for joy below

There may be an acre way up high, Lady
But I ain't got wings and I want the things I know

Cabin life may be sweet
But it sounds so incomplete
I prefer my easy street right now

Since I guess I'll never learn to fly, Lady
I'm just passin' by that cabin in the sky

WATERS:
There's a little cabin in the sky, Mister
(For me and for you)
(I feel that it's true somehow)

WATERS:
Oh, can't you see that cabin in the sky, Mister
(An acre or two of heavenly blue to plow)

There we'll be oh so gay
All we'll do is sing and pray
As the angels go sailin' by

And that is why my heart is flyin' high, Mister
'Cause I know we'll have
('Cause I know we'll have)
A cabin in the sky


(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2006)


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As recorded by DINAH WASHINGTON:


There's a little cabin in the sky, baby
For me and for you
I feel that it's true, somehow

Can't you see that cabin in the sky, Mister
An acre or two of heavenly blue to plow

We will be oh so gay
We're gonna eat fried chicken every day
As the angels go sailing by

And that is why my heart is flying high, baby
'Cause I know we'll have a cabin in the sky

Well, we will be, ooh so gay
We'll have fried chicken every day
As the angels go sailing by

That is why my heart is flying high, baby
'Cause I know we'll have a cabin in the sky
Like I said, yeah, we're gonna have a crazy cabin in the sky


(Transcribed by Monique Adriaansen - January 2006)


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