Harold Arlen Somewhere over the rainbow

over the rainbow harold arlen -- Waltraud Strößner Stroessner, soprano -
- Ruediger Buell, baritone - Ulrike Zeitler, piano --

From the M.G.M. Picture "The Wizard of Oz".
Duet for 2 voices and piano, arr. Hugo Frey.
Additionally arranged for soprano, baritone and clarinet.
Music by Harold Arlen = Hyman Arluck, 1905 - 1986,
Lyrics by Edgar 'Yip' Harburg = Isidore Hochberg, 1896 - 1981.

Live recording.
The video part is arranged from a portrait of the composer and
photopraphs of nature and genre.
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Tentative German translation:

Über dem Regenbogen

Wenn die ganze Welt ein hoffnungsloses Durcheinander ist
und die Regentropfen überall niederstürzen,
öffnet der Himmel einen magischen Pfad.

Wenn alle diese Wolken die Himmelsbrücke verdunkeln,
öffnet findet sich eine Regenbogen-Himmelsstraße,
die von Deiner Fensterscheibe zu einem Ort hinter der Sonne führt,
gerade nur einen Schritt jenseits des Regens.

Irgendwo jenseits des Regenbogens fliegen bluebirds Hüttensänger,
Vögel fliegen über den Regenbogen,
warum nur, oh warum kann ich es nicht?

Wenn glückliche kleine bluebirds über den Regenbogen hinaus fliegen -
warum, oh warum kann ich es nicht?


Over the Rainbow

When all the world is a hopeless jumble
and the raindrops tumble all around,
Heaven opens a magic lane.
Mmmm.

When all the clouds darken up the skyway,
there's a rainbow highway to be found,
Leading from your window pane.
To a place behind the sun,
just a step beyond the rain.

vi-> And wake up where the clouds are far behind me,

Somewhere over the rainbow blue birds fly,
Birds fly over the rainbow,
why then, oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly, beyond the rainbow,
Why oh why can't I? -