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Thread #33807   Message #1188130
Posted By: Jim Dixon
18-May-04 - 08:42 PM
Thread Name: Req: Sing-along songs from the 20's & 30's
Subject: Lyr Add: I'M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES
Duke University's 'Historic American Sheet Music' collection:

I'M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES
Jaan Kenbrovin and John William Kellette. 1919.

1. I'm dreaming dreams.
I'm scheming schemes.
I'm building castles high.
They're born anew.
Their days are few,
Just like a sweet butterfly;
And as the daylight is dawning,
They come again in the morning.

CHORUS: I'm forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air.
They fly so high,
Nearly reach the sky,
Then like my dreams they fade and die.
Fortune's always hiding.
I've looked ev'rywhere.
I'm forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air.

2. When shadows creep,
When I'm asleep,
To lands of hope I stray;
Then at daybreak,
When I awake,
My bluebird flutters away.
Happiness, you seem so near me!
Happiness, come forth and cheer me! CHORUS