A popular song from 1926.
Words and music by Harry Woods.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment – a player piano roll:
Lyrics
- I heard a robin this morning
I’m feeling happy today
Goin’ to pack my cares in a whistle
And blow them all away
What if I’ve been unlucky
Really haven’t a thing
There’s a time I always feel happy
As happy as a king
Chorus
When the red, red, robin comes bob, bob, bobbin’ along, along
There’ll be no more sobbin’
When he starts throbbin’ his old sweet song
Wake up, wake up you sleepy head
Get up, get up, get out of bed
Cheer up, cheer up, the sun is red
Live, love, laugh and be happy
What if I’ve been blue now I’m walkin’ through fields of flow’rs
Rain may glisten but still I listen for hours and hours
I’m just a kid again doin’ what I did again singing a song
When the red, red, robin comes bob, bob, bobbin’ along
- Tho’ rain may fall in the evening
And rain may fall in the night
When the robin sings in the morning
I know the sun is bright
I keep still when I hear him
Singin’ up in a tree
For the little angel of gladness
Brings happiness to me
Sung here by Fred Feild: