In another account, half a dozen MGM executives were in favor of cutting the song, questioning why Judy Garland was singing in a farmyard.

According to one report, studio head Louis B. Ironically, it was almost cut from the film during the process of test screenings and final editing in the summer of 1939. The song was the biggest popular hit of 1939. Vidor later admitted that 'I get a tremendous kick out of knowing I directed that scene.' Vidor filmed the scene with a fluid camera motion, instead of the static camera position often used for songs in musicals of the day. It was approved by Joseph Breen on July 1st who as a film censor noted that it met the requirements of the production code.ДЄs with the Kansas sequence as a whole, King Vidor directed the scene of the film in which Judy Garland sings the song. The lyrics were submitted on June 28th, 1938 and an assistant choreographer hired for the film named Dona Massin was asked to sing a demo version as she pushed for it to be included in the film. Harburg changed his mind, however, when Ira Gershwin reacted positively to a more restrained rendition of the melody. Harburg himself later said that he did not like Arlen's tune when he first heard it Arlen had played it in a grandiose piano arrangement. If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why, oh why, can't I?

Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds flyД«irds fly over the rainbow, why then, oh why, can't I? Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney-tops Someday I'll wish upon a star, and wake up where the clouds are far behind me Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blueДЄnd the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby

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