I heard a robin this mornin',
I'm feelin'
happy today;
Gonna pack my cares in a whistle
And blow them all away!

What if I been unlucky,
Feel I ain't got a thing?
There's a time I always feel
happy,
As
happy as a king!

When the red red robin
Comes bob bob bobbin'
Along, along,
There'll be no more sobbin'
When he starts throbbin'
His old sweet song.

Wake up, wake up you sleepy head!
Get up, get out o' bed!
Cheer up, cheer up the sun is red,
Live, love, laugh and be happy!

What if I've been blue?
Now I'm walking through
Fields of flowers!
Rain may glisten
But still I listen
For hours and hours!

I'm just a kid again,
Doin' what I did again,
Singin' a song,
When the red red robin
Comes bob bob bobbin'
Along.

When the red red robin
Comes bob bob bobbin'
Along, along,
There'll be no more sobbin'
When he starts throbbin'
His old sweet song.

Wake up, wake up you sleepy head!
Get up, get out o' bed!
Cheer up, cheer up the sun is red,
Live, love, laugh and be happy!

 

- words & music by Harry Woods, 1926.

This version sung by Al Jolson was recorded 1st June, 1926.

Since covered widely.

 

(Filmed in back garden, thru kitchen window.

No feathers ruffled in the process!)

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