Look To The Rainbow

From the 1947 show “Finian’s Rainbow”.
Words by E. Y. Harburg.
Music by Burton Lane.

The sheet music:

Look-To-The-Rainbow – Sheet MusicDownload

Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:

Look_To_The_Rainbow – MIDIDownload

Lyrics

  1. On the day I was born, said my father, said he
    I’ve an elegant legacy waitin’ for ye
    ‘Tis a rhyme for your lips and a song for your heart
    To sing it whenever the world falls apart

Refrain
Look, look, Look to the Rainbow
Follow it over the hill and stream
Look, look, Look to the Rainbow
Follow the fellow who follows a dream

  1. ‘Twas a sumptuous gift to bequeath to a child
    Oh the lure of that song kept her feet runnin’ wild
    For you never grow old and you never stand still
    With whippoorwills singin’ beyond the next hill

Refrain
Look, look, Look to the Rainbow
Follow it over the hill and stream
Look, look, Look to the Rainbow
Follow the fellow who follows a dream

  1. So I bundled me heart and I roamed the world free
    To the east with the lark, to the west with the sea
    And I searched all the earth and I scanned all the skies
    But I found it at last in my own true love’s eyes

Refrain
Look, look, Look to the Rainbow
Follow it over the hill and stream
Look, look, Look to the Rainbow
Follow the fellow who follows a dream
Follow the fellow, follow the fellow
Follow the fellow who follows a dream

Sung here by Vancha March: