Over the rainbowinitially sung by judy garland in the 1939 film "the wizard of oz"words by e. y. harburg, music by harold arlenfour versions charted in 1939: glenn miller (# 1); bob crosby (# 2); judy garland (# 5); and larry clinton (# 10).later charted in 1960 by the demensions at # 16later charted in 1978 by gary tanner at # 69.somewhere over the rainbow, way up highthere's a land that i heard of once in a lullabysomewhere over the rainbow, skies are blueand the dreams that you dare to dream really do come truesomeday i'll wish upon a starand wake up where the clouds are far behind mewhere troubles melt like lemon dropsaway above the chimney topsthat's where you'll find mesomewhere over the rainbow, bluebirds flybirds fly over the rainbowwhy then, oh why can't i?if happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbowwhy, oh why can't i?