Title song from the film “Can’t Help Singing”, 1944.
Words E. Y. Harburg.
Music by Jerome Kern.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Humming bird, mocking bird, listen to me
I got no nest, I got no tree
Oh, but I’m happy as Heaven is wide
I got a song bubbling inside
Refrain
Can’t help singing of a promise that April is bringing
I am floating along on the crest of a song
There are bells in my heart and they’re ringing
Can’t help crowing, folks don’t like it
I know, but I’m glowing
I can’t help what they say
Spring affects me this way
And I gotta keep singing all day
Sung here by Vancha March: