A 1927 popular song.
Words and Music by Irving Berlin.
Copyright ©24 Jan 1927.
Introduced by Belle Baker, December 28, 1926, in ZIEGFELD’s BETSY, otherwise scored by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart. Berlin’s “Blue Skies” was the hit of the show, which ran only 39 performances. Al Jolson sang it in THE JAZZ SINGER (1927), the first talking picture.
Cover Art by Sydney Leff.
Sheet Music from the collection of Michael Deatz.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment track:
Lyrics
- I was blue just as blue as I could be
Ev’ry day was a cloudy day for me
Then good luck came a-knocking at my door
Skies were gray but they’re not gray anymore
Chorus
Blue skies smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies do I see
Bluebirds singing a song
Nothing but bluebirds all day long
Never saw the sun shining so bright
Never saw things going so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you’re in love my! how they fly
Blue days all of them gone
Nothing but blue skies from now on
- I should care if the wind blows east or west
I should fret if the worst looks like the best
I should mind if they say it can’t be true
I should smile that’s exactly what I do
Sung here by Fred Feild: