Saturday Video

This would classify as schmaltz, but I guess that's my mood today. "Pennies from Heaven" became a jazz standard in 1936. As an aside, I much enjoyed talking with the son of one of the songwriters some years ago. I was told many stories about Bing Crosby, for whom this song was originally penned. Few of them were especially complementary.



Every time it rains,
it rains pennies from heaven

Don'tcha know each cloud
contains pennies from heaven?
You'll find your fortune
fallin' all over town

Be sure that your umbrella
Is upside down

Trade them for a package
of sunshine and flowers

If you want the things you love,
you must have showers
So when you hear it thunder
Don't run under a tree

There'll be pennies from heaven
for you and me

Every time it rains, it rains
Pennies from heaven
Don'tcha know each cloud contains
Pennies from heaven?

You'll find you fortune fallin'
All over town
Be sure that your umbrella
Is upside down

Trade them for a package
of sunshine and flowers
If you want the things
you love you must have showers

So when you hear it thunder
Don't run under a tree
There'll be pennies from heaven
for you and for me