THEY SAY IT’S WONDERFUL 
(Irving Berlin)

Recorded by: Tony Bennett; Polly Bergen; Irving Berlin; 
Stanley black; Vivian Blaine; Pat Boone; Dave Brubeck; 
Don Byas; The Chordettes; Judy Collins; Perry Como; 
Ray Conniff; Bing Crosby; Doris Day; Eddie Fisher; 
Helen Forrest; The Four Lads; Judy Garland; 
Carroll Gibbons; Gogi Grant; Dolores Gray; Dick Haymes; 
Engelbert Humperdinck; Betty Hutton; Etta Jones; 
Howard Keel; Stan Kenton; Cleo Laine; Mary Martin; 
Johnny Mathis; Ethel Merman; Helen Merrill; 
Gerry Mulligan; John Raitt; Lita Roza; Frank Sinatra; 
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa; Sarah Vaughan; Dionne Warwick;
..... and others.


They say that falling love is wonderful
It’s wonderful, so they say
And with the moon up above, it’s wonderful
It’s wonderful, so they tell me

I can’t recall who said it
I know I’ve never read it
I only know they tell me that love is grand, and
The thing that’s known as romance
Is wonderful, wonderful
In every way, so they say

To leave your house some morning
And without any warning, you’re stopping people -
Shouting that love is grand, and
To hold a man in your arms is wonderful, wonderful
In every way, so they say


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THEY SAY IT'S WONDERFUL (Judy Garland & Howard Keel)


as recorded by Judy Garland & Howard Keel (film outtake)


[jg]
They say that falling love is wonderful,
It's wonderful, so they say;
And with the moon up above it's wonderful,
It's wonderful, so they tell me.

I can't recall who said it,
I know I never read it,
I only know they tell me that love is grand, and
The thing that's known as romance is wonderful, wonderful
In every way, so they say.

[hk]
Roamers fly and they often leave a doubt,
But you've come to the right place to find out!
Everything that you've heard is really so;
I've been there once or twice, and I should know!

You'll find that falling love is wonderful,
It's wonderful, as they say;
And with the moon up above it's wonderful,
It's wonderful, as they tell me.

You'll leave your house some morning,
And, without any warning,
You're stopping people, shouting that love is grand, and
To hold a man in your arms is wonderful, wonderful
In every way, so they say.
[jg]
I should say!

note - recorded for "Annie Get Your Gun" 1950 film
       not used because Judy was indisposed
       and Betty Hutton replaced her




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - December 2012)