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(lengthy instrumental intro)
Blue skies, smilin' at me
Nothin' but blues skies do I see
Bluebirds singin' a song
Nothin' but bluebirds all day long
All the days are hurryin' by
When you're in love, my how they fly
Blue days, all of them gone
Nothin' but blue skies from now on
(instrumental to end)
Transcribed by Robin Hood
Page © mlm 2001-2004
-introduced in the 1927 musical "Betsy" by Belle Baker
-charted in 1927 by Ben Selvin (#1); George Olsen (#2); Vincent Lopez (#9);
-Johnny Marvin and Ed Smalle (also #9); Harry Richman (# 13); and Vaughn Deleath
-charted in 1941 by Johnny Long (#22)
-charted in 1946 by Count Basie (#8) and Benny Goodman (#9)
-charted in 1978 by Willie Nelson on the Billboard Country chart (#1)
-Words and Music by Irving Berlin
