PARTS: Soprano Alto Tenor Bass All
KEY: bold = first beat of bar ^ = rest Underline = triplet backing vocal = [text]
138 - Let A Smile Be Your Umbrella
Verse 1
Once I met a hap-py lit-tle blue - bird
I was just as blue as I could be
In a lit-tle while, I be-gan to smile,
When He sang this mer-ry song to me
Chorus
Just Let a Smile Be Your Um-brel-la
on a rain-y, rain-y day
and if your sweet-ie cries
just tell her that a smile will al-ways pay
When-ev-er skies are grey
don't wo-rry or fret--
a smile will bring the sun-shine
and you'll nev-er get wet--
So Let a Smile Be Your Um-brel-la
on a rain-y, rain-y day
16 Bar Instrumental (first half of chorus)
When-ev-er skies are grey
don't wo-rry or fret--
a smile will bring the sun-shine
and you'll nev-er get wet--
So Let a Smile Be Your Um-brel-la
on a rain-y, rain-y day–
Verse 2
As I list-ened to that hap-py blue - bird
I soon learned his smart phil-os-o-phy
On my win-dow sill, He be-gan to trill,
This is what he had to say to me
Chorus
Just Let a Smile Be Your Um-brel-la
on a rain-y, rain-y day
and if your sweet-ie cries
just tell her that a smile will al-ways pay
When-ev-er skies are grey
don't wo-rry or fret--
a smile will bring the sun-shine
and you'll nev-er get wet--
So Let a Smile Be Your Um-brel-la
on a rain-y, rain-y day
Tag
on a rai-ny, r-a-i-n-y d.....a......y
Words by Irving Kahal and Francis Wheeler, Music by Sammy Fain 1927