She had never seen anything colorful in her life except the rainbow". For their work together on The Wizard of Oz, Harburg claimed his inspiration was "a ballad for a little girl who. 12 Robin Schulz, Alle Farben and Israel Kamakawiwoʻole versionĬomposer Harold Arlen and lyricist Yip Harburg often worked in tandem, Harburg generally suggesting an idea or title for Arlen to set to music, before Harburg contributed the lyrics.Behind the moon, beyond the rain", at which point she begins singing. It's not a place you can get to by a boat, or a train.
Do you suppose there is such a place, Toto? There must be. This prompts her to walk off by herself, musing to Toto, "Someplace where there isn't any trouble. Aunt Em tells her to "find yourself a place where you won't get into any trouble". It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song and became Garland's signature song.Ībout five minutes into the film, Dorothy sings the song after failing to get Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, and the farmhands to listen to her story of an unpleasant incident involving her dog, Toto, and the town spinster, Miss Gulch ( Margaret Hamilton). It was written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, in which it was sung by actress Judy Garland in her starring role as Dorothy Gale. " Over the Rainbow" is a ballad by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg. Judy Garland singing "Over the Rainbow" in The Wizard of Oz
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