[ Featuring MGM Studio Chorus ]
[Instrumental]
The Wizard of Oz Soundtrack Album Lyrics
The Wizard of Oz Soundtrack Lyrics
- MGM Studio Orchestra - Main Title (The Wizard Of Oz)
- Judy Garland - Over The Rainbow
- MGM Studio Orchestra - Cyclone (Extended Version)
- Billie Burke - Come Out, Come Out...
- Judy Garland - It Really Was No Miracle
- Joseph Koziel - We Thank You Very Sweetly
- The Munchkins - Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead
- Billy Bletcher - As Mayor of the Munchkin City
- Harry Stanton - As Coroner, I Must Aver
- The Munchkins - Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead (Reprise)
- Lorraine Bridges - The Lullaby League
- Billy Bletcher - The Lollipop Guild
- The Munchkins - We Welcome You to the Munchkin Land
- Judy Garland - Follow the Yellow Brick Road / You're Off to See the Wizard
- Ray Bolger - If I Only Had A Brain (Extended Version)
- Jack Haley - If I Only Had A Heart (Extended Version)
- Bert Lahr - If I Only Had the Nerve
- Judy Garland - We're Off To See The Wizard
- MGM Studio Orchestra and Debutantes - Optimistic Voices
- Judy Garland and Victor Young & His Orchestra - The Merry Old Land of Oz
- Bert Lahr - If I Were King of the Forest (Extended Version)
- Judy Garland - The Jitterbug (Outtake)
- Ken Darby - Ding-Dong! Emerald City (Outtake)
- MGM Studio Orchestra - Delirious Escape / Delirious Escape Continued / End Title
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Over The Rainbow
by Judy Garland
Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high there's a land I heard of once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true
Way up high there's a land I heard of once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true
Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me Somewhere over the rainbow
Bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then oh why can't I?
If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow why oh why can't I?
Writer: E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, CONEXION MEDIA GROUP, INC.
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, CONEXION MEDIA GROUP, INC.
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Come Out, Come Out...
by Billie Burke
[ Featuring The Munchkins ]
[GLINDA]
Come out, come out, wherever you are
And meet the young lady who fell from a star
She fell from the sky, she fell very far
And Kansas, she says, is the name of the star
[MUNCHKINS]
Kansas, she says, is the name of the star
[GLINDA]
She brings you good news. Or haven't you heard?
When she fell out of Kansas, a miracle occurred
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
It Really Was No Miracle
by Judy Garland
[ Featuring Billy Bletcher, The Munchkins ]
[DOROTHY, spoken]
It really was no miracle
What happened was just this:
[DOROTHY, sung]
The wind began to switch, the house to pitch
And suddenly the hinges started to unhitch
Just then the Witch,
To satisfy an itch, went flying
On her broomstick, thumbing for a hitch
[MUNCHKIN MAN]
And oh, what happened then was rich
[MUNCHKINS]
The house began to pitch
The kitchen took a slitch
It landed on the Wicked Witch
In the middle of a ditch
Which was not a healthy situation for the Wicked Witch
The house began to pitch
The kitchen took a slitch
It landed on the Wicked Witch
In the middle of a ditch
Which was not a healthy situation for the Wicked Witch
Who began to twitch
And was reduced to just a stitch
Of what was once the Wicked Witch
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
We Thank You Very Sweetly
by Joseph Koziel
[ Featuring Frank Cucksey ]
[Joesph Koziel]
We thank you very sweetly
For doing it so neatly
[Frank Cucksey]
You've killed her so completely
That we thank you very sweetly
[GLINDA]
Let the joyous news be spread
The Wicked old Witch, at last, is dead
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead
by The Munchkins
[MUNCHKINS]
Ding-dong! The Witch is dead
Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch!
Ding-dong! The Wicked Witch is dead
Wake up, you sleepy head
Rub your eyes, get out of bed
Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead
She's gone where the goblins go
Below, below, below
Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out
Ding-dong, the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low
Let them know the Wicked Witch is dead!
[Mayor]
As mayor of the Munchkin City
In the county of the land of Oz
I welcome you most regally
[Barrister]
But we've got to verify it legally
To see
[Mayor]
To see
[Barrister]
If she
[Mayor]
Yes, let the joyous news be spread
The wicked old witch at last is dead
[Munchkins]
Ding-dong the witch is dead
Which old witch, the wicked witch
Let them know the wicked witch is dead
The bells out
Ding Dong's the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low
Let them know the Wicked Witch is dead
[Lullaby League]
We represent the Lullaby League
The Lullaby League, the Lullaby League
And in the name of the Lullaby League
We wish to welcome you to Munchkin Land
[Three Tough Guys]
We represent the Lollipop Guild
The Lollipop Guild, the Lollipop Guild
And in the name of the Lollipop Guild
We wish to welcome you to Munchkin Land
[Munchkins]
We welcome you to Munchkin Land
Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
[Munchkin 1]
From now on you'll be history
[Munchkin 2]
You'll be his
[Munchkin 3]
You'll be his
[Munchkin 4]
You'll be history
[Munchkin 1]
And we will glorify your name
You will be a bust
[Munchkin 2]
Be a bust
[Munchkin 3]
Be a bust
[All]
In the hall of fame
Tra-la-la-la-la Tra-la-la Tra-la-la
Tra-la, la, la, la, la, la
Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la
Ding-dong! The Witch is dead
Which old Witch? The Wicked Witch!
Ding-dong! The Wicked Witch is dead
Wake up, you sleepy head
Rub your eyes, get out of bed
Wake up, the Wicked Witch is dead
She's gone where the goblins go
Below, below, below
Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out
Ding-dong, the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low
Let them know the Wicked Witch is dead!
[Mayor]
As mayor of the Munchkin City
In the county of the land of Oz
I welcome you most regally
[Barrister]
But we've got to verify it legally
To see
[Mayor]
To see
[Barrister]
If she
[Mayor]
Yes, let the joyous news be spread
The wicked old witch at last is dead
[Munchkins]
Ding-dong the witch is dead
Which old witch, the wicked witch
Let them know the wicked witch is dead
The bells out
Ding Dong's the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low
Let them know the Wicked Witch is dead
[Lullaby League]
We represent the Lullaby League
The Lullaby League, the Lullaby League
And in the name of the Lullaby League
We wish to welcome you to Munchkin Land
[Three Tough Guys]
We represent the Lollipop Guild
The Lollipop Guild, the Lollipop Guild
And in the name of the Lollipop Guild
We wish to welcome you to Munchkin Land
[Munchkins]
We welcome you to Munchkin Land
Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
[Munchkin 1]
From now on you'll be history
[Munchkin 2]
You'll be his
[Munchkin 3]
You'll be his
[Munchkin 4]
You'll be history
[Munchkin 1]
And we will glorify your name
You will be a bust
[Munchkin 2]
Be a bust
[Munchkin 3]
Be a bust
[All]
In the hall of fame
Tra-la-la-la-la Tra-la-la Tra-la-la
Tra-la, la, la, la, la, la
Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
As Mayor of the Munchkin City
by Billy Bletcher
[ Featuring Pinto Colveg, J.D. Jewkes ]
[MAYOR]
As mayor of the Munchkin City
In the county of the land of Oz
I welcome you most regally
[JUDGE]
But we've got to verify it legally
To see
[MAYOR]
To see
[JUDGE]
If she
[MAYOR]
If she
[JUDGE]
Is morally, ethically
[MUNCHKIN 1]
Spiritually, physically
[MUNCHKIN 2]
Positively, absolutely
[MUNCHKIN MEN]
Undeniably and reliably dead!
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
As Coroner, I Must Aver
by Harry Stanton
[CORONER]
As Coroner, I must aver
I thoroughly examined her
And she's not only merely dead
She's really most sincerely dead
[MAYOR]
Then this is a day of independence
For all the Munchkins and their descendants, if any
Yes, let the joyous news be spread
The wicked Old Witch at last is dead!
As Coroner, I must aver
I thoroughly examined her
And she's not only merely dead
She's really most sincerely dead
[MAYOR]
Then this is a day of independence
For all the Munchkins and their descendants, if any
Yes, let the joyous news be spread
The wicked Old Witch at last is dead!
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead (Reprise)
by The Munchkins
[MUNCHKINS]
Ding-dong, the witch is dead
Which old witch? The wicked witch!
Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead
Wake up, you sleepyhead
Rub your eyes, get out of bed
Wake up, the wicked witch is dead
She's gone where the goblins go
Below, below, below
Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out
Ding Dong's the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low
Let them know the Wicked Witch is dead!
Ding-dong, the witch is dead
Which old witch? The wicked witch!
Ding-dong, the wicked witch is dead
Wake up, you sleepyhead
Rub your eyes, get out of bed
Wake up, the wicked witch is dead
She's gone where the goblins go
Below, below, below
Yo-ho, let's open up and sing and ring the bells out
Ding Dong's the merry-oh, sing it high, sing it low
Let them know the Wicked Witch is dead!
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
The Lullaby League
by Lorraine Bridges
[ Featuring Betty Rome, Carol Tevis ]
[LULLABY LEAGUE]
We represent the Lullaby League
The Lullaby League, the Lullaby League
And in the name of the Lullaby League
We wish to welcome you to Munchkin Land
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
The Lollipop Guild
by Billy Bletcher
[ Featuring Pinto Colveg, Harry Stanton ]
[LOLLIPOP GUILD]
We represent the Lollipop Guild
The Lollipop Guild, the Lollipop Guild
And in the name of the Lollipop Guild
We wish to welcome you to Munchkin Land
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
We Welcome You to the Munchkin Land
by The Munchkins
[MUNCHKINS]
We welcome you to Munchkinland
Tra-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la
[MUNCHKIN 1]
From now on you'll be history
[MUNCHKIN 2]
You'll be his—
[MUNCHKIN 3]
You'll be his—
[MUNCHKIN 4]
You'll be history
[MUNCHKIN 1]
And we will glorify your name
You will be a bust
[MUNCHKIN 2]
Be a bust
[MUNCHKIN 3]
Be a bust
[ALL]
In the hall of fame
Tra-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la
We welcome you to Munchkinland
Tra-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la
[MUNCHKIN 1]
From now on you'll be history
[MUNCHKIN 2]
You'll be his—
[MUNCHKIN 3]
You'll be his—
[MUNCHKIN 4]
You'll be history
[MUNCHKIN 1]
And we will glorify your name
You will be a bust
[MUNCHKIN 2]
Be a bust
[MUNCHKIN 3]
Be a bust
[ALL]
In the hall of fame
Tra-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la
Tra-la-la-la-la, la-la
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Follow the Yellow Brick Road / You're Off to See the Wizard
by Judy Garland
[ Featuring The Munchkins ]
[MUNCHKINS & DOROTHY]
Follow the yellow brick road
Follow the yellow brick road
Follow, follow, follow, follow
Follow the yellow brick road
Follow the yellow brick, follow the yellow brick
Follow the yellow brick road
You're off to see the Wizard
The wonderful Wizard of Oz
You'll find he is a whiz of a wiz if ever a wiz there was
If ever, oh ever a wiz there was, the Wizard of Oz is one because
Because, because, because, because, because
Because of the wonderful things he does
You're off to see the Wizard
The wonderful Wizard of Oz!
Writer: Arlen Harburg, Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
If I Only Had A Brain (Extended Version)
by Ray Bolger
[ Featuring Judy Garland ]
[SCARECROW]
I could while away the hours
Conferrin' with the flowers
Consultin' with the rain
And my head, I'd be scratchin'
While my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain
I'd unravel every riddle
For any individ'le
In trouble or in pain
[DOROTHY]
With the thoughts you'd be thinkin'
You could be another Lincoln
If you only had a brain
[SCARECROW]
Oh, I would tell you why
The ocean's near the shore
I could think of things I never thunk before
And then I'd sit and think some more
I would not be just a nuffin'
My head all full of stuffin'
My heart all full of pain
I would dance and be merry
Life would be a ding-a-derry
If I only had a brain
Writer: Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
If I Only Had A Heart (Extended Version)
by Jack Haley
[SCARECROW]
I could while away the hours
Conferrin' with the flowers
Consultin' with the rain
And my head, I'd be scratchin'
While my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain
I'd unravel every riddle
For any individ'le
In trouble or in pain
[DOROTHY]
With the thoughts you'd be thinkin'
You could be another Lincoln
If you only had a brain
[SCARECROW]
Oh, I would tell you why
The ocean's near the shore
I could think of things I never thunk before
And then I'd sit and think some more
I would not be just a nuffin'
My head all full of stuffin'
My heart all full of pain
I would dance and be merry
Life would be a ding-a-derry
If I only had a brain
I could while away the hours
Conferrin' with the flowers
Consultin' with the rain
And my head, I'd be scratchin'
While my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain
I'd unravel every riddle
For any individ'le
In trouble or in pain
[DOROTHY]
With the thoughts you'd be thinkin'
You could be another Lincoln
If you only had a brain
[SCARECROW]
Oh, I would tell you why
The ocean's near the shore
I could think of things I never thunk before
And then I'd sit and think some more
I would not be just a nuffin'
My head all full of stuffin'
My heart all full of pain
I would dance and be merry
Life would be a ding-a-derry
If I only had a brain
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
If I Only Had the Nerve
by Bert Lahr
[LION]
Yeah, it's sad, believe me, Missy
When you're born to be a sissy
Without the vim and verve
But I could show my prowess
Be a lion, not a mouse
If I only had the nerve
I'm afraid there's no denyin'
I'm just a dandelion
A fate I don't deserve
I'd be brave as a blizzard
I'd be gentle as a lizard
I'd be clever as a gizzard
[DOROTHY]
If the Wizard is a Wizard who will serve
[SCARECROW]
Then I'm sure to get a brain
[TIN MAN]
A heart
[DOROTHY]
A home
[LION]
The nerve!
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
We're Off To See The Wizard
by Judy Garland
[ Featuring Ray Bolger ]
Follow the yellow brick road
Follow the yellow brick road
Follow, follow, follow, follow
Follow the yellow brick road
Follow the rainbow over the stream
Follow the fellow who follows a dream
Follow, follow, follow, follow
Follow the yellow brick road
We're off to see the Wizard
The wonderful Wizard of Oz
We hear he is a whiz of a wiz
If ever a wiz there was
If ever, oh ever a wiz there was
The Wizard of Oz is one because
Because, because, because, because, because
Because of the wonderful things he does
We're off to see the Wizard
The wonderful Wizard of Oz
We're off to see the Wizard
The wonderful Wizard of Oz
We hear he is a whiz of a wiz
If ever a wiz there was
If ever, oh, ever a wiz there was
The Wizard of Oz is one because
Because, because, because, because, because
Because of the wonderful things he does
We're off to see the Wizard
The wonderful Wizard of Oz
Writer: E.Y. HARBURG, HAROLD ARLEN
Copyright: Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Kanjian Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Optimistic Voices
by MGM Studio Orchestra and Debutantes
[ Featuring Debutantes ]
You're out of the woods, you're out of the dark, you're our of the night,
Step into the sun, step into the light.
Keep straight ahead for the most glorious place on the face of the earth or the
Sky.
Hold onto your breath, hold onto your heart, hold onto your hope,
March up to that gate and bid it open.
Writer: E.Y. Harburg, Harold Arlen, Herbert Stothart
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
The Merry Old Land of Oz
by Judy Garland and Victor Young & His Orchestra
[ Featuring Victor Young, His Orchestra ]
There's a garden spot, I'm told,where it's never too hot and it's never too
Cold;
Where you're never too young and you're never too old,
Where you're never too thin or tall.
And you're never, never, never too, too, too anything at all,Oh!
You're not too mad and you're not too sane
And you don't compare and you don't complain,
All you do is just sit tight, 'cause it's all so, so, so, so down-right, right.
Ha-ha-ha! Ho-ho-ho and a couple of tra-la-las,
That's how we laugh the day away,
In The Merry Old Land Of Oz.
'Bzz-'bzz-'bzz Chirp, chirp, chirp, and a couple of la-de-das.
That's how the crickets crick all day
In The Merry Old Land Of Oz.
We get up at twelve and start work at one,
Take an hour for lunch and then at two we're done, Jolly good run
Ha-ha-ha! Ho-ho-ho! And a couple of tra-la-las,
That's how we laugh the day away,
In The Merry Old Land Of Oz.Ha-ha-ha!
Ho-ho-ho and a couple of tra-la0las,
That's how we laugh the day away,
In The Merry Old Land Of Oz.
'Bzz-'bzz-'bzz Chirp, chirp, chirp, and a couple of la-de-das.
That's how the crickets crick all day
In The Merry Old Land Of Oz.
We get up at twelve and start work at one,
Take an hour for lunch and then at two we're done, Jolly good run
Ha-ha-ha! Ho-ho-ho! And a couple of tra-la-las,
That's how we laugh the day away,
In The Merry Old Land Of Oz.
Writer: E HARBURG, E.Y. HARBURG, HAROLD ARLEN
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
If I Were King of the Forest (Extended Version)
by Bert Lahr
[LION]
If I were king of the forest
Not queen, not duke, not prince
My regal robes of the forest
Would be satin, and not cotton, and not chintz
I'd command each thing, be it fish or fowl
With a woof and a woof and a royal growl
As I'd click my heel, all the trees would kneel!
And the mountains bow and the bulls kowtow!
And the sparrow would take wing
If I, if I, were king!
Each rabbit would show respect to me
The chipmunks genuflect to me
Though my tail would lash, I would show compash
For every underling!
If I, If I, were king!
Just king!
[DOROTHY, SCARECROW, & TIN MAN]
Each rabbit would show respect to him
The chipmunks genuflect to him
[SCARECROW]
And his wife would be queen of the May
[LION]
And I'll be monarch
Of all I survey
Monarch
Of all I survey
Mo-na-arch
Of all I survey!
[DOROTHY]
Your Majesty, if you were king, you wouldn't be afraid of anything?
[LION]
Not nobody, not nohow!
[TIN MAN]
Not even a rhinoceros?
[LION]
Imposserous!
[DOROTHY]
How about a hippopotamus?
[LION]
Why, I'd trash him from top to bottomamus!
[DOROTHY]
Supposin' you met an elephant?
[LION]
I'd wrap him up in cellophant!
[SCARECROW]
What if it were a brontosaurus?
[LION]
I'd show him who was king of the forest!
[DOROTHY, TIN MAN, & SCARECROW]
How?
[LION]
How?
Courage! What makes a king out of a slave?
Courage! What makes the flag on the mast to wave?
Courage! What makes the elephant charge his tusk, in the misty mist or the dusky dusk?
What makes the muskrat guard his musk?
Courage! What makes the sphinx the seventh wonder?
Courage! What makes the dawn come up like thunder?
Courage! What makes the Hottentot so hot? What puts the "ape" in apricot?
What have they got that I ain't got?
[DOROTHY, TIN MAN, & SCARECROW]
Courage!
[LION]
You can say that again!
For courage is the king of kings
With courage I'd be king of kings
The whole year round
I'd be hailed and crowned by every living thing
If I, if I, if I, were K-
King!
Writer: E HARBURG, E.Y. HARBURG, HAROLD ARLEN
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
The Jitterbug (Outtake)
by Judy Garland
[DOROTHY]
Did you just hear what I just heard?
[LION]
That noise don't come from an ordinary bird
[DOROTHY]
It may be just a cricket, or a critter in the trees
[TIN MAN]
It's giving me the jitters in the joints around my knees
[LION]
I think I see a shadow, and he's fuzzy and he's furry
[SCARECROW]
I haven't got a brain, but I think I ought to worry
[TIN MAN]
I haven't got a heart, but I got a palpitation
[LION]
As Monarch of the forest, I don't like this sitchy-ation
[DOROTHY]
Are you gonna stand around and let him fill us full of horror?
[LION]
I'd like to roar him down
But I think I lost my roarer
[TIN MAN]
It's a whozis!
[SCARECROW]
It's a whozis?
[LION]
It's a whatzis!
[SCARECROW]
It's a whatzis?
[TIN MAN]
Whozat?
[LION]
Whozat?
[SCARECROW]
Whozat?
[DOROTHY]
Whozat?
Who's that hiding
In the tree top?
It's that rascal
The Jitterbug
Should you catch him?
Buzzin' round you
Keep away from
The Jitterbug
Oh, the bats and the bees
And the breeze in the trees
Have a terrible, horrible buzz
But the bats and the bees
And the breeze in the trees
Couldn't do what the Jitterbug does
So be careful
Of that rascal
Keep away from
[TIN MAN, SCARECROW, & LION]
The Jitterbug
Oh, the Jitter
Oh, the Bug
Oh, the Jitter
[ALL]
Bug-bug-a-bug-bug-bug-bug-bug-a-boo
In a twitter
In the throes
[SCARECROW]
Oh the critter's
Got me dancing on a thousand toes
[TIN MAN]
Thar' she blows
Writer: E HARBURG, E.Y. HARBURG, HAROLD ARLEN
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Ding-Dong! Emerald City (Outtake)
by Ken Darby
[ Featuring MGM Studio Chorus ]
[MUNCHKINLAND MAYOR]
Hail hail, the Witch is dead
Which old witch? The Wicked Witch
Hail hail, the Wicked Witch is dead!
Hail hail, the Witch is dead
Which old witch? The Wicked Witch
[EMERALD CITY PEOPLE]
Hail hail, the Wicked Witch is dead!
She's gone where the goblins go
Below, below, below
Yo-ho, let's open up and sing
And ring the bells out
Ding dong, the merry-o
Sing it high, sing it low
Let them know the Wicked Witch is dead!
Ding dong, the Witch is dead
Which old witch? The Wicked Witch
Hail hail, the Wicked Witch is dead!
Ha-ha-ha, ho-ho-ho and a couple of tra-la-las
Ha-ha-ha, ho-ho-ho, in the merry old land of Oz!
She's gone where the goblins go
Below, below, below
Yo-ho, let's open up and sing
And ring the bells out
We're off to see the wizard
The wonderful Wizard of Oz
Let them know the Wicked Witch is dead!
Hail, the Wicked old Witch is dead!
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher
The songs from the 1939 musical fantasy film The Wizard of Oz have taken their place among the most famous and instantly recognizable American songs of all time, and the film's principal song, "Over the Rainbow", is perhaps the most famous song ever written for a film. Music and lyrics were by Harold Arlen and E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, who won an Academy Award for Best Song for "Over the Rainbow."
Herbert Stothart, who underscored the film, won an Academy Award for Best Original Score. Some of that underscoring was, of course, based on Harburg and Arlen's songs. Georgie Stoll was the associate conductor and screen credits were given to George Bassman, Murray Cutter (who did "Over the Rainbow"), Ken Darby and Paul Marquardt for orchestral and vocal arrangements. As usual, Roger Edens was heavily involved as the unbilled musical associate of Arthur Freed. Incidental music was contributed by Stoll, Bassman, Robert Stringer and also Conrad Salinger.[citation needed] The music to "Optimistic Voices" was written by Arlen and Stothart.
The songs were recorded in a studio before filming. Several of the recordings were completed while Buddy Ebsen, who was supposed to have played the Tin Man, was still with the cast. So while he had to be dropped from the cast due to illness from the aluminum powder makeup, his singing voice remains on the soundtrack. It is Jack Haley, who eventually played the role, that is seen and heard singing "If I Only Had A Heart", but Ebsen's voice is still heard on the group vocals of "We're Off To See The Wizard". In those vocals, his voice is easy to detect. Ray Bolger (and also Jack Haley) were speakers with a distinct Boston accent and did not pronounce the r in wizard. Buddy Ebsen was a Midwesterner, like Judy Garland, and pronounced the r.
Although an orchestra underscores nearly the entire film, approximately the last third of the movie contains no songs. Once Dorothy and her cohorts are handed the task of killing the Wicked Witch, the mood of the film goes a bit darker. This was not originally intended—the last three songs in the film, "The Jitterbug," the vocal reprise of "Over The Rainbow," and "The Triumphant Return" were all excised from the film before its official release.
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Soundtrack Herbert Stothart, who underscored the film, won an Academy Award for Best Original Score. Some of that underscoring was, of course, based on Harburg and Arlen's songs. Georgie Stoll was the associate conductor and screen credits were given to George Bassman, Murray Cutter (who did "Over the Rainbow"), Ken Darby and Paul Marquardt for orchestral and vocal arrangements. As usual, Roger Edens was heavily involved as the unbilled musical associate of Arthur Freed. Incidental music was contributed by Stoll, Bassman, Robert Stringer and also Conrad Salinger.[citation needed] The music to "Optimistic Voices" was written by Arlen and Stothart.
The songs were recorded in a studio before filming. Several of the recordings were completed while Buddy Ebsen, who was supposed to have played the Tin Man, was still with the cast. So while he had to be dropped from the cast due to illness from the aluminum powder makeup, his singing voice remains on the soundtrack. It is Jack Haley, who eventually played the role, that is seen and heard singing "If I Only Had A Heart", but Ebsen's voice is still heard on the group vocals of "We're Off To See The Wizard". In those vocals, his voice is easy to detect. Ray Bolger (and also Jack Haley) were speakers with a distinct Boston accent and did not pronounce the r in wizard. Buddy Ebsen was a Midwesterner, like Judy Garland, and pronounced the r.
Although an orchestra underscores nearly the entire film, approximately the last third of the movie contains no songs. Once Dorothy and her cohorts are handed the task of killing the Wicked Witch, the mood of the film goes a bit darker. This was not originally intended—the last three songs in the film, "The Jitterbug," the vocal reprise of "Over The Rainbow," and "The Triumphant Return" were all excised from the film before its official release.
-Wikipedia
Released: August 10th, 1939
Year: 1939