Folk and Traditional Song Lyrics:
Get Happy
Get Happy
Get Happy
(music: Harold Arlen words:Ted Koehler - 1930)
Pack up your troubles and just get happy
Ya better chase all your cares away
Sing Hallelujah, c'mon get happy
Get ready for the judgment day
The sun is shinin', c'mon get happy
The Lord is waiting to take your hand
Shout Hallelujah, c'mon get happy
We're goin' to the Promised Land
We're headin' 'cross the river
Gonna wash our sins in the tide
It's all so peaceful
On the other side
Forget your troubles and just get happy
Ya better chase all your cares away
Sing Hallelujah, c'mon get happy
Get ready for the judgment day
The sun is shinin', c'mon get happy
The Lord is waiting to take your hand
Shout Hallelujah, c'mon get happy
We're goin' to the Promised Land
We're headin' 'cross the river
Wash our sins away in the tide
It's all so peaceful
On the other side
We're headin' 'cross the river
Wash our sins away in the tide
It's all so peaceful
On the other side
Forget your troubles and just get happy
Ya better chase your cares away!!
Sing Hallelujah, c'mon get happy
Get ready for the judgment day
Artist: Tony Bennett
This version did not chart but
It was charted twice in 1930: Nat Shilkret ( 6) and
Frankie Trumbauer ( 15)
Introduced by Ruth Etting in the revue "9:15 Revue"
Sung by Judy Garland in the 1950 film "Summer Stock"
Dubbed by Jane Froman for Susan Hayward in the 1952 film
"With A Song In My Heart"
It was Arlen's first published song.
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