From the musical “Carefree”, 1938.
Words and music by Irving Berlin.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Strange how a dreary world can suddenly change
To a world as bright as the evening star
Queer, what a diff’rence when your vision is clear
And you see things as they really are
Chorus
I used to be color blind
But I met you and now I find
There’s green in the grass
There’s gold in the moon
There’s blue in the skies
That semicircle that was always hanging about
Is not a storm-cloud, it’s a rainbow
You brought the colors out
Believe me, it’s really true
‘Til I met you I never knew a setting sun
Could paint such beautiful skies
I never knew there were such lovely colors
And the big surprise
Is the red in your cheeks
The gold in your hair
The blue in your eyes
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: