a 1927 popular song
words and music by Billy Glason, Sam Ward and M. K. Jerome
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by Fred Feild:
Lyrics
- If we could go through life with only gladness
Our cup of happiness would be complete
But we must bear a little share of sadness
And take a bit of bitter with the sweet
Chorus
Sing a song when rain is falling
Sing a song when skies are gray
Stop your pining and whining
Whenever you’re blue
And you’ll find your silver lining
Will come shining through
Sing a song along the highway
And the road won’t be so long
Hang your sorrows in the sun
And they’ll dry out one by one
So, keep on singing a song
- There is a little book my mother bought me
Upon the day I left to face the world
And I recall the lesson that it taught me
For here’s the moral every page unfurled
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: