HAPPY TALK
From the South Pacific soundtrack
(Music by Richard Rodgers / Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II)

Captain Sensible
Also recorded by : Monty Alexander, Donna Antonow, Linda Arnold, Bloody Mary, Ruby Braff, Les Brown, 
Bob Crosby, Damned, Lew Davies, Doris Day, Denny Martin, Drury Lane Theatre, Percy Faith, Eddie Fisher, 
Ella Fitzgerald, Four Freshman, Juanita Hall, Chico Hamilton, Jessica Harper, Harpers Bizarre, 
Linda Hibberd, Lindsay Holiday, Andre Kostelanetz, London Theatre Orch., Claudine Longet, Billy May, 
Marni Nixon, Debbie Reynolds, Royal Philharmonic, Shirley Scott, George Shearing, Pat Suzuki, 
Sarah Vaughan, Cy Walter, Nancy Wilson, George Wright.


Happy talk
keep talkin' happy talk

Talk about things you'd like to do.
You gotta have a dream
if you don't have a dream
How you gonna have a dream come true?
Talk about a moon floatin' in the sky

Lookin' like a lily on a lake;
Talk about a bird learnin' how to fly
Makin' all the music he can make.

Happy talk
keep talkin' happy talk
. . .
Let's talk about a star lookin' like a toy

Peekin' through the branches of a tree; 
Talk about a girl
talk about a boy
Countin' all the ripples on the sea.

Happy talk
keep talkin' happy talk
. . .
Talk about a boy sayin' to the girl: 
Golly, Baby ! I'm a lucky cuss !
Talk about a girl sayin' to the boy:
'You and me are lucky to be us !"

Happy talk
keep talkin' happy talk
. . .
If you don't talk happy and you never have a dream
Then you'll never have a dream come true !



(Contributed by Bette Carl & Cathy - April 2003)