SAM'S SONG [The Happy Tune] (Oscar Rabin)
Lew Quadling (m) Jack Elliott (l)  1950

as recorded by Oscar Rabin & his Band 
(vocal by Dennis Hale & David Ede)  
1950

also rec by -
Bing Crosby & Gary Crosby '50
Ted Heath & his Music (vocal by Denis Lotis) '50
Joe "Fingers" Carr (Lou Busch) '50
Millican & Nesbitt '50's
Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr '62
The Big Ben Banjo Band


Here's a happy tune
You love to croon,
They call it Sam's Song.
Catchy as can be,
The melody,
They call it Sam's Song.
Nothin' on your mind,
And then you find
You're hummin' Sam's Song.
Why, it makes you grin,
Get's under your skin,
As only a song can do.

People that you meet
Out on the street
Are whistlin' Sam's Song.
Everyone you see
Will soon agree
That it's a grand song.
So forget your troubles and wear a smile,
You'll find you'll never go wrong
If you learn to croon
The happy tune,
They call it Sam's Song.

Why, it makes you grin,
Get's under your skin,
As only a song can do.

People that you meet
Out on the street
Are whistlin' Sam's Song.
Everyone you see
Will soon agree
That it's a grand song.
So forget your troubles and wear a smile,
You'll find you'll never go wrong
If you learn to croon
The happy tune,
They call it Sam's Song.
It's the happiest tune that you have ever heard,
Sam's Song!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - November 2012)




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SAM'S SONG
As sung by
Sammy Davis Jr. & Dean Martin
 

DM)    Here's a happy tune    
SD)    A happy tune
DM)    You'll love to croon    
SD)    You love to croon
DM)    They call it Dean's song    
SD)    Hey, you don't seem to understand
DM)    Catchy as can be    
SD)    I must agree
DM)    The melody    
SD)    The melody
DM)    They call it Dean's song    
SD)    Looks like I'm gonna have to explain this thing

SD)    You don't dig this scene
SD)    I'm saying, Dean, the song is Sam's song
DM)    Sam, you're just a ham    
SD)    But Dean here's the scam
SD)    The song was named after Sam
DM)    Sam who?
SD)    Sam Houston
DM)    Oh

DM)    May I say with pride where I reside
DM)    They call it Dean's song    
SD)    And that's quite a group you have going for you
DM)    There's no bigger choir that you could hire for singing Dean's song
SD)    They make the Mormon Tabernacle sound like a trio
DM)    Sam it's plain to see that you're put out with me
SD)    Well I'm not just singing along
DM)    Tell you what I'll do since I'm with you
 (alternative: Tell you what I'll do, since you're a Jew...)
DM)    We'll call it Clyde's song    
SD)    Clyde's song?

DM)    Here's a happy tune
SD)    Its a sweet melody and I'm happy to say it 
was named after me but he's calling it
DM)    Clyde's song
DM)    Catchy as can be
SD)    No I don't like to beef and I'm sorry to say 
the man is a thief 'cause he's calling it
DM)    Clyde's song

DM)    Nothing on your mind
SD)    There's a lot on my mind and I'm standing 
here saying you're being unkind 'cause you're calling it
DM)    Clyde's song

SD)    My Italian friend we have reached the end
DM)    We don't seem to blend
DM)    Sam, let's compromise
SD)    Oh, I hear what you say but by that do 
you mean that you'll do it your way and call it
DM)    Sam's song

SD)    Did he say Sam's song?
B)     Let's give the ending a rhyme
DM)    But don't nobody tell Clyde
B)     That the name of this song     
DM)    is Sam's song
SD)    It's not Irving's song
DM)    Sam's song
SD)    It's not even Mona's song
DM)    Sam's song
SD)    Only thing I know is when this record 
comes out it better have Sam's song on it or else 
you'll get a nasty letter from Calhoun and a telephone call too
DM)    Hmmm I'm thinking you're starting to get dirty down there