From “Flying Colors”, 1932
Words by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Don’t you be a good for nothin’
Never ‘mount to nothin’
Hangin’ round the corners
Can’t you see you never will be gettin’ anywhere
IF you want to get employment
Tidy up your faces and amount to sumthin’
Those big men who got up there all declare
Refrain
When there’s a shine on your shoes
There’s a melody in your heart
With a singable, happy feeling
A wonderful way to start
To face the world every day
With a “deedle-um-dee-di-di”
Little melody that is making
The worrying world go by
When you walk down the street
With a happy-go-lucky beat
You’ll find a lot in what I’m repeating
“When there’s a shine on your shoes
There’s a melody in your heart”
What a wonderful way to start the day
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: