Words by Ted Koehler and Music by Harold Arlen
This version did not chart but
In 1933, two versions did: Cab Calloway (# 18) and Bing Crosby (# 19)
In 1953, Frank Sinatra took it to # 14.
Sung in the revue "Cotton Club Parade" by Aida Ward
I've got the world on a string
Sitting on a rainbow
Got that string around my finger
What a world, what a life, I'm in love
I've got a song that I sing
I can make the rain go
Anytime I snap my finger
What a world, what a life, I'm in love
Life's a beautiful thing
Long as I hold that string
I'd be a silly so-and-so
If I'd ever let you go
But I've got this world on a string
I'm sittin' on a rainbow
Got that string around my finger
What a world, what a life, I'm in love
Life's a beautiful thing
Long as I hold that string
I'd be a silly so-and-so
If I'd ever let you go
But, darling, I've got the world on a string
Sitting on a rainbow
Got that string around my finger
What a world, what a life, I'm in love |
