I WANT TO BE HAPPY
(Vincent Youmans / Irving Caesar / Otto Harbach)

Fred Waring’s Pennsylvanians
Also recorded by : Toshiko Akiyoshi; Monty Alexander; Ray Alexander;
Harry Allen; Jackie Allen; Gene Ammons; Dave Apollon; Joe Ascione;
Chet Atkins; Tony Bennett; Polly Bergen; Paul Bley; William Bolcom;
Ruby Braff; Willem Breuker Kollectief; Til Bronner; Ray Brown Trio;
Dave Brubeck; Milt Buckner; Don Byron; Irving Caesar; 
Hoagy Carmichael; Benny Carter; Carmen Cavallero; 
The Chenille Sisters; June Christy; Al Cohn; Nat King Cole;
Cy Coleman; Eddie Condon; Bob Cooper; Chick Corea; 
Kenny Davern Quartet; Sammy Davis Jr.; Wild Bill Davison; Doris Day;
Bill Easley; Harry "Sweets" Edison; Roy Eldridge; Fred Elizalde;
Don Elliott; Herb Ellis; Orin Evans; Art Farmer; Ella Fitzgerald;
Chuck Folds; Four French Horns; The Four Freshmen; Paul Freeman;
David Friesen; Jan Garber; Freddy Gardner; Stan Getz; Terry Gibbs;
Jack Gilford; Glenn Miller Revivals; Nat Gonella & His Georgions;
Benny Goodman; Stephane Grappelli; Jo Ann Greer; Don Grolnick;
Bobby Hackett; Nina Hagen; Edmond Hall; Jim Hall; Chico Hamilton;
Scott Hamilton; Barry Harris Trio; Coleman Hawkins; Dick Haymes;
Ted Heath; Duke Heitger; Buck Hill; Homer & Jethro; Lena Horne;
Willie Humphrey; Ipana Troubadors; Cliff Jackson; Harry James;
Jerry Jerome; Dill Jones; Jo Jones; Mike Jones; Ruby Keeler;
Roger Kellaway; Stan Kenton & His Orch.; Krysztof Komeda;
Lee Konitz; Cleo Laine; Tim Laughlin; The Lawson-Haggart Jazz Band;
Barbara Lea; Ketty Lester; Mel Lewis; Enoch Light; 
Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians; Kitty Margolis; Sue Matthews;
Billy May; Hellen Merrill; Glenn Miller; The Mills Brothers;
Bob Minzer Big Band; Thelonious Monk; Moss & Jacobs;
Stephanie Nakasian; Bjarne Nerem; Newport Jazz Festival All Stars;
Walter Norris; Jean Osmont; Pasadena Roof Orch.; Lino Patruno;
Les Paul; Bernard Peiffer; Oscar Peterson; Flip Phillips; 
Bud Powell; George Probert; Al Raymond; Craig Raymond; Reunion;
Todd Rhodes; Buddy Rich; Sonny Rollins; Spider Saloff; 
Cynthia Scott; Bud Shank; Kid Sheik; Jack Sheldon Quintet;
Paul Smith; Jess Stacy; Sonny Stitt; Byron Stripling; Ralph Sutton;
The Swingcats; Swingville All-Stars; Jack Teagarden; Kid Thomas;
Cal Tjader; Allan Vaché; Art Van Damme; Sarah Vaughan; Joe Venuti;
Larry Vuckovich; Cedar Walton; Benny Waters; Bill Watrous; 
Chick Webb; Bob Wilbur; Jessica Williams; Nancy Wilson; 
Teddy Wilson; Kai Winding; Pete Yellin; Vincent Youmans; 
Lester Young.


I’m a very ordinary man
Trying to work out life’s happy plan
Doing unto others as I’d like to have them doing unto me

When I find a very lonely soul
Soon be-kinda-comes my only goal
I feel so much better when I tell them my philosophy

I want to be happy
But I won’t be happy
Till I make you happy too.

Life’s really worth living
When we are mirth giving
Why can’t I give some to you

When skies are grey and you say you are blue
I’ll send the sun smiling through

I want to be happy
But I won’t be happy
Till I make you happy too.

(Orchestral interlude)

When skies are grey and you say you are blue
I’ll send the sun smiling through

I want to be happy
But I won’t be happy
Till I make you happy too.



(Transcribed by Bill Huntley - November 2004)