LIFE IS A SONG 


(Fred Emil Ahlert (m) / ) Joe Young (l) ) 1935


As sung by Ruth Etting 1935


Also sung by:

Tony Bennett (with Count Basie)



Life is a song, let's sing it together.

Let's take our hearts and dip them in rhyme,

Let's learn the words, let's learn the music together,

Hoping the song, last for a long, long time.


Life is a song, that goes on forever.

Love's old refrain can never go wrong.

Let's strike the note, Mendelssohn wrote, concerning spring weather,

Let's sing it together and make life a song.


Don't be afraid of the future

All of our plans will come true

How can they fail with love on our side

They'll never pale, we won't be denied.


All the world's a symphony

For you, for me...


Life is a song, let's sing it together.

So let's take our hearts and dip them in rhyme,

Let's learn the words, let's learn the music together,

Hoping the song, last for a long, long time.


Oh, life is a song, that goes on forever.

Love's old refrain can never go wrong.

Let's strike the note, Mendelssohn wrote, concerning spring weather,

Ah, let's sing it together and make life a song.


Notes:


Ruth Etting was an American songstress and actress of the 1920s/30s.

Many knew her as 'America's Sweetheart of Song' and she was famous for

her beauty as well as her appealing voice. Her enormous popularity

attested to her poise and ability to captivate her audiences. She could

hold her own as a 'torch singer' with the likes of Libby Holman, Helen

Morgan, Bebe Daniels, and Annette Hanshaw. Some even contend that she

was 'the' most popular torch singer ever. She worked in several mediums

during her career, stage, radio and film and had over 60 popular

recordings. She had a difficult personal life and it would eventually

become the subject of a 1955 film [Love Me Or Leave Me]. Many might

agree that her best known hit songs are LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME , 

'DEED I DO, and the melody above. 



(Transcribed by David Story June 2014)