(Are The Windows Of Heaven)
A 1926 popular song
Words and music by Tommy Malie and Jimmy Steiger
Arranged by Rube Bennett
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- Two little kids watching the sky
One of them said, “I wonder why
All of the stars are shining so bright
When there wasn’t a star last night
I’ve often wondered what is a star”
The other says here’s what they are
Chorus
Stars are the windows of heaven
Where angels peep thru
Up in the sky, they keep an eye
On kids like me and you
They cry each time we are naughty
Their teardrops are the rain
But when we’re good, they are smiling
And they shine again (my mom says)
Stars are the windows of heaven
Where angels peep thru
- My mother says they have a book
They make a mark each time they look
A cross when you’re good, an x when you’re bad
They’re the best friends that we ever had
And every night when my prayers are said
They blink at me from overhead
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: