Somewhere Over The Rainbow

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

From: The Wizard Of Oz
By: Arlen
Voice Type(s): Mezzo,Soprano

Melody
E ♭/D ♯
Melody
C
Full
E ♭/D ♯
Full
C

Show Synopsis:
Dorothy, an unhappy girl living with her aunt and uncle in Kansas, gets blown away in a tornado with her house and dog and lands in the magical land of Oz. She accidentally kills the Wicked Witch of the East with her flying house and obtains the witch's magical shoes. While Dorothy travels to the Emerald City to seek the Wizard's help to get back to Kansas, the witch's sister The Wicked Witch of the West attempts to capture her. On the way to the Emerald City, she befriends others who want the Wizard's help, but he will not help them unless they kill the Wicked Witch of the West. The Witch imprisons Dorothy, but her friends help her kill the Witch by melting her with a bucket of water. Upon their return to the Emerald City, Dorothy and her friends discover that the wizard is not a magical person but an ordinary man from America. Dorothy is finally able to get home with the help of the magical shoes, where her relatives tell her it was all a dream.

Character:
Dorothy Gale, a teenage girl who is not quite sure where she fits in and tries to be kind to everyone she meets.

Song Context:
Dorothy dreams of a better life.

Fun Facts:
1) This musical is based on L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. 
2) This song was originally sung by Judy Garland in the 1939 musical movie The Wizard of Oz, based on Baum?s book. 
3) The American Film Institute has ranked this song as the greatest movie song of all time, and it was Garland?s signature song. She described the song as ?symbolic of everybody?s dreams and wishes.?
    

"Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream, really do come true.

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me,
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds fly.
Birds fly over the rainbow, why then, oh why can't I?

If happy little blue birds fly beyond the rainbow,
Why, oh why can't I?"