From “The Happiest Night of His Life”, 1910
Words by Junie McCree
Music by Albert Von Tilzer
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Gerd Westendorp:
Lyrics
- The flowers, the trees, the sweet scented breeze
The grass green and fresh on the lawn
The birds in the air they sing everywhere
Announcing the breaking of dawn
The sky when it’s blue, with no clouds in view
Looks down upon the beautiful morn
The light, at first pale, then the sun lifts her veil
And once more a new day is born
Refrain
Oh what a beautiful morning
I bid a welcome to you
Oh what a beautiful morning
Moistened by nature’s own dew
I open my eyes when the sun starts to rise
And something compels me to say
Oh! what a beautiful morning
Oh! what a beautiful day
- The club, the cigar, the drinks at the bar
The friend who says, “Have one with me”
Of wine he is fond, he treats, you respond
And keep on responding till three
The nightcap, the toast ad then the lamppost
You lean against, thinking of the bed
That morning at nine, do you really feel fine
With large chunks of ice on your head
Sung here by Vancha March: