I'M SHOOTING HIGH
From the film "King Of Burlesque (1935)
(Ted Koehler / Jimmy McHugh)

Alice Faye & Jack Oakie (Film Soundtrack) - 1935
Jan Garber & His Orch. (vocal: Lee Bennett) - 1935
Little Jack Little & His Orch. - 1936

Also recorded by:
Wingy Manone & Orch; Evelyn McGee Stone; Wesla Whitfield;
Eydie Gorme; Frank Chacksfield; The Three Suns; Mel Tormé;
Art Van Damme; Coleman Hawkins; Ann Richards; Louis Prima;
Ames Brothers; Louis Armstrong; Joni James; Shirley Bassey;
Louis Belson Big Band: Ruby Braff's All Stars; Eddie Cantor;
Nat King Cole; Rebecca Kilgore; Tommy Dorsey; Adelaide Hall;
Mound City Blue Blowers: .................. and many others.


I'm shooting high,
Got my eye on a star in the sky,
Shooting high.
I'll never stop till I get to the top
Tell me why, shooting high.
You know it's you I'm after
You're my lucky star
I'm on a rainbow rafter
Climbing up to where you are
I'll have the time, it's a climb
But I'll make it `cos I'm
Shooting high.

Every morning, when I raise my blind
To greet another day
I begin by making up my mind
That it's my lucky day.

(Musical Interlude)

I'm shooting high,
Got my eye on a star in the sky,
Shooting high.
I'll never stop till I get to the top
Tell me why, shooting high.
You know it's you I'm after
You're my lucky star
I'm on a rainbow rafter
Climbing up to where you are
I'll have the time, it's a climb
But I'll make it `cos I'm
Shooting high.


(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - June 2005)