let me sing i m happy

Irving Berlin

What care I who makes the laws of a nation
Let those who will take care of its rights and wrongs
What care I who cares for the world s affairs
As long as I can sing its popular songs

Let me sing a funny song
With crazy words that roll along
And if my song can start you laughing
I m happy, happy

Let me sing a sad refrain
Of broken hearts who love in vain
And if my song can start you crying
I m happy

Let me croon a lowdown blues
That lifts you out of your seat
If my blues can reach your shoes
And start you tapping your feet
I m happy

Let me sing of Dixie s charms
Of cotton fields and mammy s arms
And if my song can make you homesick
I m happy

Of broken hearts that loved in vain

To lift you out of your seat
If my song can reach your shoes

The Swanee shore and mother s arms