Song No. 25  " With A Song In My Heart"

Words by Lorenz Hart

Music by Richard Rodgers

The appearance of movie-star Glenn Hunter in the  1929 musical
Spring Is Here presented a problem: He couldn't sing. Unfazed, Rodgers and Hart gave "With a Song in my Heart," to his more vocally gifted "rival,"
John Hundley.
"With A Song In My Heart" has become more closely associated with
the 1952 film of the same name....starring Susan Hayward as
singer Jane Froman.

Lyrics

With a song in my heart
I behold your adorable face
Just a song at the start
But it soon is a hymn to your grace

When the music swells
I'm touching your hand
It tells that you're standing near, and

At the sound of your voice
Heaven opens its portals to me
Can I help but rejoice
That a song such as ours came to be

But I always knew
I would live life through
With a song in my heart for you

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