Historic Sheet Music Collection
Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_look-for-the-silver-lining_edna-brown-charles-harrison-bud-de-sylva-jerome-kern_gbia0014613a
https://archive.org/details/78_look-for-the-silver-lining_helen-forrest-and-dick-haymes-camarata-jerome-kern-b-g_gbia0016991b
https://archive.org/details/78_look-for-the-silver-lining_the-three-suns-the-fontane-sisters-bud-desylva-jerome-ke_gbia0019885aPublication Date
1920
Lyrics
[He]
Please don't be offended if I preach to you while,
Tears are out of place in eyes that were meant to smile,
There's a way to make your very biggest troubles small,
Here's the happy secret of it all.
[She]
As I wash my dishes, I'll be follwing your plan,
Till I see the brightness in ev'ry pot and pan.
I am sure your point of view will ease the daily grind,
So i'll keep repeating in my mind.
[Burthen]
Look for the silver lining
Whene'er a cloud appears in the blu.
Remember somewhere the sun is shining
And so the right thin to do is make it shine for you.
A heart full of joy and gladness
Will always banish sadness and strife
So always look for the silver lining
And try to find the sunny side of life
[Burthen]
Recommended Citation
Kern, Jerome and de Sylva, Bud, "Look for the Silver Lining" (1920). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 861.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/861
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
Look for the Silver Lining
Music by Jerome Kern
Words Bud de Sylva
New York: Published by T.B. Harms Company
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