A top hit song from 1928
words and music by Al Jolson, Billy Rose and Dave Dreyer
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- We leave home expecting to find a bluebird
Hoping every cloud will be silver lined
But we all return, as we live we learn
That we left our happiness behind
Chorus
The bird with feathers of blue
Is waiting for you
Back in your own back yard
You’ll see your castle in Spain
Through your window pane
Back in your own back yard
Oh you can go to the east go to the west
But some day you’ll come
Weary at heart back where you started from
You’ll find your happiness lies
Right under your eyes
Back in your own back yard
- When they sing you “Look for the Silver Lining”
It is silver dollars they’re looking for
You will find, my friend, that the rainbow’s end
Is somewhere around your kitchen door
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: