OLD MASTER PAINTER, THE
(Lyrics; Haven Gillespie / Music: Beasley Smith)


Richard Hayes - 1949
Dick Haymes with 4 Hits & A Miss - 1949
Peggy Lee & Mel Torme - 1949
Phil Harris - 1949
Snooky Lanson with Beasley Smith & His Orch. - 1949
Frank Sinatra & The Modernaires - 1949
Jackie Paris - 1949
The Browns - 1962
Lucas Sextett - 1964 (German title "Die Welt Ist So Schön")

Also recorded by: 
Bob Crosby & The Bobcats; Anita Kerr Singers; Billy Hines; 
Geraldo & His Orch.; Vaughn Monroe ........ and others.


The old master painter from the faraway hills
Painted the violets and the daffodils
He put the purple in the twilight haze
Then did a rainbow for the rainy days

Dreamed up the murals on the blue summer skies
Painted the Devil in my darlin's eyes
Captured the dreamer with a thousand thrills
That old master painter from the faraway hills

Then came his masterpiece and when he was through
He smiled down from Heaven and he gave me you
What a beautiful job on that wonderful day
The old master painter from the hills far away

(Instrumental Break)

The old master painter from the faraway hills
Painted the violets and the daffodils
He put the purple in the twilight haze
Then did a rainbow for the rainy days

Dreamed up the murals on the blue summer skies
Painted the Devil in my darlin's eyes
Captured the dreamer with a thousand thrills
That old master painter from the faraway hills

Then came his masterpiece and when he was through
He smiled down from Heaven and he gave me you
What a beautiful job on that wonderful day
The old master painter from the hills far away
Far away, far away

What a beautiful job on that wonderful day
The old master painter from the hills far away
Far away, far away 






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2015)