31 October 2011

"I Whistle a Happy Tune"

I "happened to" catch part of a Lawrence Welk Show Halloween special last night on Rhode Island PBS, and one of the songs offered was one that, I suspect, is appropriate for many people during Halloween and many other times of the year. The show itself was originally broadcast in October 1975.

Although I have sung the song many times and heard a number of versions of it over the years, I had forgotten that "I Whistle a Happy Tune" came from the Broadway musical, The King and I.

Here is one version of the song, sung by the Fairfield County (CT) Children's Choir:

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