WHERE FLAMINGOS FLY
(Harold Courlander / Elthea Peale / John Benson Brooks)

The Ink Spots - 1947
Geraldo & His Orch. (vocal: Carole Carr) - 1947
Peggy Lee - 1956
Helen Merrill - 1956
Marion Marlowe - 1956
Dakota Staton - 1960
Chris Connor - 1960
Toni Harper - 1960
Linda Lawson - 1960
Bert Kaempfert & His Orch. (Instr.) - 1960
Jeanne Lee & Ran Blake - 1962
Stan Getz (Instr.) - 1967
Gil Evans Orch. (Instr.) - 1971

Also recorded by:
David LaFlamme; The Jumping Jacques; Susanne Abbuehl.



as recorded by Geraldo & his Orchestra
(vocal - Carole Carr)
1940's


Oh I think I'll go where flamingos fly,
Where the sun hangs low in a ruby sky,
And the surf at night sings a lullaby;
Yes I think I'll go where flamingos fly!

Where flamingos fly, that's the place for me,
Where the waving palms kiss the sultry sea,
And a million stars light the velvet sky;
Yes I think I'll go where flamingos fly!

For flamingos fly where the storms all cease,
Where the soft winds blow and the world's at peace,
And it's there I know that my heart won't sigh;
Oh I've got to go where flamingos fly!

And it's there I know that my heart won't sigh;
Oh I've got to go where flamingos fly!




(Transcribed by Peter Akers - March 2018
additional info by Mel Priddle May-2018)