I'M ALWAYS CHASING RAINBOWS
From the Broadway Show "Oh, Look!" (1918)
(Lyrics: Joseph McCarthy / Music: Henry Carroll -
adapted from "Fantaisie-Impromptu" by Frédéric Chopin)
Charles W. Harrison - 1918
Harry Fox - 1918
Prince's Orchestra -1918
Henry Burr - 1919
Hal Kemp's Carolina Club Orch. - 1929
Walter Gross - 1940
Bob Chester & His Orch. - 1940
Judy Garland (feat. in the film "Ziegfield Girl") - 1941
Joe Reichman & His Orch. - 1941
John Payne & Betty Grable (feat. in the film "The Dolly Sisters") - 1946
Perry Como - 1946
Helen Forrest & Dick Haymes - 1946
Harry James & His Orch. (vocal: Buddy DeVito) -1946
Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians (vocal: Erno Rapee) - 1946
Buddy Morrow - 1946
Paul Fenoulhet & The Skyrockets Dance Orch. (vocal: Doreen Lundy) - 1946
Ken Griffin - 1954
The Four Freshmen - 1958
Jackie Walker - 1962
Tom Legend - 1962
Barbra Streisand - 1967
Jane Olivor - 1977
Recorded by:
Ronnie Aldrich; Tony Bennett; Polly Bergen; Petula Clark;
Ray Conniff; Bing Crosby; Sammy Davis Jr.; Frank Sinatra;
Alice Faye; Jackie Gleason; Andre Kostelanetz; Liberace;
Della Reese; Debbie Reynolds; Buddy Rich; Benny Goodman;
Tony Martin; Al Jolson; Ferrante & Teicher; Stan Kenton;
Jo Stafford; Harry Nilsson; Mandy Patinkin; Johnny Ray;
Ted Heath; Peter Yorke; Stan Kenton ....... and others.
At the end of the rainbow there's happiness
And to find it how often I've tried
But my life is a race, just a wild goose chase
And my dreams have all been denied
Why have I always been a failure
What can the reason be
I wonder if the world's to blame
I wonder if it could be me
I'm always chasing rainbows
Watching clouds drifting by
My schemes are just like all of my dreams
Ending in the sky
Some fellows look and find the sunshine
I always look and find the rain
Some fellows make a winning sometime
I never even make a gain, believe me
I'm always chasing rainbows
Waiting to find a little bluebird in vain
I've Looked to the west as the sun goes down
And I've followed its glorious rays
But the faster I'd run, I would miss the sun
My life's full of wasted days
I've always been a natural loser
Each thing I touch must fall
If good luck ever came to me
It would never seem right at all
I'm always chasing rainbows
Watching clouds drifting by
My schemes are just like all of my dreams
Ending in the sky
Some fellows look and find the sunshine
I always look and find the rain
Some fellows make a winning sometime
I never even make a gain, believe me
I'm always chasing rainbows
Waiting to find a little bluebird in vain
(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - July 2013)
