Happy Talk

Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers

Happy talk, keep talkin' happy talk,
Talk about things you'd like to do.
You got to have a dream,
If you don't have a dream,
How you gonna have a dream come true?

Talk about the moon floatin' in the sky
Lookin' at a lily on the lake;
Talk about a bird learnin' how to fly.
Makin' all the music he can make.

Happy talk, keep talkin' happy talk,
Talk about things you'd like to do.
You got to have a dream,
If you don't have a dream,
How you gonna have a dream come true?

Talk about the sparrow lookin' like a toy
Pickin' through the broaches of a tree;
Talk about the girl, talk about the boy
Countin' all the ripples on the sea.

Happy talk, keep talkin' happy talk,
Talk about things you'd like to do.
You got to have a dream,
If you don't have a dream
How you gonna have a dream come true?

Talk about the boy sayin' to the girl:
"Golly, baby, I'm a lucky cause."
Talk about the girl sayin' to the boy:
"You an' me is lucky to be us!"

Happy talk, keep talkin' happy talk,
Talk about things you'd like to do.
You got to have a dream,
If you don't have a dream
How you gonna have a dream come true?

If you don't talk happy,
And you never have dream,
Then you'll never have a dream come true!

Trivia about the song Happy Talk by Ella Fitzgerald

On which albums was the song “Happy Talk” released by Ella Fitzgerald?
Ella Fitzgerald released the song on the albums “Ella Fitzgerald With Gordon Jenkins' Orchestra And Chorus” in 1967 and “Retrospective 1936-1956” in 2008.
Who composed the song “Happy Talk” by Ella Fitzgerald?
The song “Happy Talk” by Ella Fitzgerald was composed by Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers.

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