A popular song from 1932.
Words by Ted Koehler.
Music by Harold Arlen.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
Merry month of May
Sunny skies of blue
Clouds have rolled away
And the sun peeps thro’
May express happiness
Joy you may define in a thousand ways
But a case like mine needs a “special phrase”
To reveal how I feel
Chorus
I’ve got the world on a string
Sittin’ on a rainbow
Got the string around my finger
What a world, what a life, I’m in love
I’ve got a song that I sing
I can make the rain go
Any time I move my finger
Lucky me can’t you see, I’m in love
Life is a beautiful thing
As long as I hold the string
I’d be a silly so and so
If I should ever let go
I’ve got the world on a string
Sittin’ on a rainbow
Got the string around my finger
What a world, what a life, I’m in love
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: