George Gershwin
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
This is the title song for the 1931 Broadway musical. Here, John P. Wintergreen’s campaign song is also a love song that the candidate sings publicly to Mary Turner as he proposes marriage to her. The playwright for Of Thee I Sing, George S. Kaufman, marveled at how Ira Gershwin was able to turn a p...
[WINTERGREEN]
Of thee I sing, baby
Summer autumn winter spring, baby
You're my silver lining
You're my sky of blue
There's a love light shining
Just because of you
Of thee I sing, baby
You have got that certain thing, baby
Shining star and inspiration
Worthy of a mighty nation
Of thee I sing!
[MARY]
Of thee I sing, baby
Summer autumn winter spring, baby
You're my silver lining
You're my sky of blue
There's a love light shining
[ALL]
Just because of you
Of thee I sing, baby
You have got that certain thing, baby
Shining star and inspiration
Worthy of a mighty nation
Of thee I sing!
Of Thee I Sing was written by Ira Gershwin & George Gershwin.