IF YOU FEEL LIKE SINGING, SING

from 1950 film "Summer Stock"
("If You Feel Like Singing" in UK)
sung by Judy Galand
(Harry Warren (m) Irving Gordon (l) 1950)

Judy Garland with
The MGM Studio Orchestra
conducted by Johnny Green
recorded 1950


If you feel like singing, sing,
Tra-la-la your cares away.
There's something about giving out with a song
Makes you belong,
Helps you to find a peace of mindful day.

If you feel like hummin', hum,
Fiddle-de-de-da-de-dum.
Supposin' you doe-rae-me slightly off-key,
Everyone can't be Bing!
Tell your friends to go places
If they start making faces,
If you feel like singing, sing.

La-da-de-da, da-da-da,
(humming)
There's something about giving out with a song
Makes you belong,
Helps you find a peace of mindful day.

La-la-la-la, da-da-da,
La-da-de-da, da-da-da,
Just look in the mirror and do a duet,
And raise your voices aloft.
Don't move out of your dwelling
If your neighbours start yelling,
If you can't sing good, sing soft!

Da-da-da-da, da-da-da,
When your luck is in need of repair,
Ha-da-da, don't you care!
Anyone who feels chipper will
Chirp out like a whipoorwill;
It mustn't necessarily
Be any anniversary,
Or be an extra special event,
If you feel like singing, sing tra-la-la,
Fiddle-de, tra-la-la,
Sing to your heart's content!
La-da-de-da, da-da-dum,
If you feel like singing, sing!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - December 2013)