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Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
There's a land that I've heard of once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare dream,
Really do come true.
Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops,
Away above the chimney tops,
That's where you'll find me.
Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?
Repeat
There's a land that I've heard of once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare dream,
Really do come true.
Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops,
Away above the chimney tops,
That's where you'll find me.
Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow
Why, oh why can't I?
Repeat
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It is no accident, for example, that the greatest Christmas songs of all time were written by Jews. For example, "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" was written by Johnny Marks and "White Christmas" was penned by a Jewish liturgical singer's (cantor) son, Irving Berlin. But perhaps the most poignant song emerging out of the mass exodus from Europe was "Somewhere Over the Rainbow". The lyrics were written by Yip Harburg. He was the youngest of four children born to Russian Jewish immigrants. His real name was Isidore Hochberg and he grew up in a Yiddish speaking, Orthodox Jewish home inNewYork. The music was written by Harold Arlen, a cantor's son. His real name was Hyman Arluck and his parents were fromLithuania. Together, Hochberg and Arluck wrote "Somewhere Over the Rainbow", which was voted the 20th century's number one song by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). In writing it, the two men reached deep into their immigrant Jewish consciousness - framed by the pogroms of the past and the Holocaust about to happen - and wrote an unforgettable melody set to near prophetic words. Read the lyrics in their Jewish context and suddenly the words are no longer about wizards and Oz, but about Jewish survival:
Somewhere over the rainbow Way up high, There's a land that I heard of Once in a lullaby. Somewhere over the rainbow Skies are blue, And the dreams that you dare to dream Really do come true. Someday I'll wish upon a star And wake up where the clouds are far behind me. Where troubles melt like lemon drops Away above the chimney tops That's where you'll find me. Somewhere over the rainbow Bluebirds fly. Birds fly over the rainbow. Why then, oh why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly Beyond the rainbow Why, oh why can't I?
I was then struck by the irony that for two thousand years the land that the Jews heard of "once in a lullaby" was notAmerica, butIsrael.The remarkable thing would be that less than ten years after "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" was first published, the exile was over and the State ofIsrael was reborn. Perhaps the "dreams that you dare to dream really do come true".
@inostuff Like! Gratis!
@inostuff Wow! That is an amazing insight that I never knew about. Thank you, and God Bless You!
@inostuff Okay, I definitely acknowledge and appreciate the huge cultural contributions made by many people who happened to be Jewish, but this is way beyond overstating what I'm sure that Yip Harburg meant as a universal song about yearning for freedom from oppression, something virtually all people should relate to, whether they realize it or not, and it's very probable that most Jewish people were much more aware of the lack of freedom in the world than others at the time. And please don't equate Israel with some kind of dream world for Jewish people. That's a huge myth. Most of the Jewish people fleeing Nazi occupation wanted to live elsewhere but were forced to go to Israel or they would not be allowed transport to anywhere at all.
@inostuff Amazing information! I didn't know the history but it's a truly beautiful song about an incredibly important and tragic subject! <br /> ~Thank you for enlightening us all!
I was in a performance of this, and it was the most amazing experience of my life. So many very special friendships came out of it and I cried my eyes out when we'd finished performing! This song will always have a very special relationship with me. :) I LOVE EVERYONE FROM THE WIZARD OF OZ!
I love this song so much! I also love this movie!
Same ! Its .. Great !
I loved this song as a little kid because it always reminded me of how some people want to escape their troubles and go to a magical land of happiness like Oz.
Minus the Wicked Witch.
:P But I love this song still, I listen to it when I'm having a bad day...it kinda makes me feel better for some strange reason..
ahhhh, what a great some , makes me homesick he he ,
" If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow . . . Why, oh why can't I? "
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Sure, the grass is always greener over the rainbow. The songwriter is facing "clouds" and "troubles" in his/her current location but that may always be the case. Wherever you go, there you are!
If it is like the Jews and Israel, that is because it is like all human longing. It is the longing that takes Dorothy on her transcendent journey. We say she is the soul, or is the American people. She is also like Hillary, a bit. But this is one of the best Lyrics of all time, on a very short list. Think heaven, think Platonic realm of the intelligible, where she completes her soul through her journey, contradicting Judy Collins, who says "there is no way to stand Kansas when you've been to Oz." Indeed, there is no place like home. Now lets go get that broom!