There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

About There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

"There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder" is a 1928 song sung by Al Jolson in the early Warner Bros. talking picture The Singing Fool the same year. The song, along with "Sonny Boy" and "I'm Sitting on Top of the World", which were also in The Singing Fool, were big hits for Jolson. The song was written by Al Jolson, Billy Rose and Dave Dreyer. According to John A. Lomax in his "American Ballads and Folk Songs" published in 1934, from the song "Goin' Home". The line "Got a rainbow tied all 'round my shoulder" refers to the "Rainbow" as "the arc of a swinging pick, probably going so fast it becomes red hot. " This song is in the section entitled "Songs from Southern Chain Gangs". more »

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1992

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I'm happy, so happy, walkin' on air
The why and the wherefore
Is someone I care for

I'm yellin', I'm tellin' folks everywhere
I know that she loves me
So what do I care

There's a rainbow around my shoulder
And a sky of blue above
Oh the sun shines bright, the world's all right
`Cause I'm in love

There's a rainbow around my shoulder
And it fits me like a glove
Let it blow and storm, I'll be warm
`Cause I'm in love

Hallelujah, how the folks'll stare
When they see that great big solitaire
That my little sugar
My little sugar baby is goin' a-wear

There's a rainbow around my shoulder
And a sky of blue above
And I'm shouting so the world will know
That I'm in love

Get hot!

There's a rainbow around my shoulder
And a sky of blue above
Oh, the sun shines bright, the world's all right
`Cause I'm in love

There's a rainbow around my shoulder
And it fits me like a glove
Let it blow and storm, I'll be warm
`Cause I'm in love

Hallelujah, how the folks'll stare
When they see that great big solitaire
That my little sugar
Baby, baby, baby, baby, she's goin' a-wear

There's a rainbow around my shoulder
And a sky of blue above
And I'm shouting so the world will know
That I'm in love

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Al Jolson

Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson) (May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was an American singer, comedian, and actor of Jewish descent. In his heyday, he was dubbed "The World's Greatest Entertainer". more »

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