I'VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING
From the show "Cotton Club Parade" (1933)
(Ted Koehler / Harold Arlen)

Recorded by:
Ray Anthony & his Orch.; Harold Arlen; Louis Armstrong;
Mildred Bailey; Count Basie; Tony Bennett; Teresa Brewer;
Charlie Byrd Trio; Cab Calloway; Benny Carter; Nat King Cole;
Perry Como; Bing Crosby; Xavier Cugat; Billy Daniels;
Celine Dion; The Dorsey Brothers Orchestra; Billy Eckstine;
Roy Eldridge; Duke Ellington; Alice Faye; Ella Fitzgerald;
Erroll Garner; Benny Goodman; Stephane Grappelli; Ted Heath; 
Woody Herman; Earl Hines; Shirley Horn; Lena Horne; 
The Ink Spots; Stan Kenton; Diana Krall; Steve Lawrence; 
Peggy Lee; Jerry Lewis; Barry Manilow; Johnny Mathis; 
Carmen McRae; Glenn Miller; Wayne Newton; Anita O'Day; 
Oscar Peterson; Louis Prima; Dinah Shore; Frank Sinatra; 
Jo Stafford; Kay Starr; Art Tatum; Mel Tormé; 
Sarah Vaughan; ..... and many more.


I've got the world on a string
I'm sitting on a rainbow
Got the string around my finger
What a world, what a life - I'm in love

I've got a song that I sing
I can make the rain go
Any time I move my finger
Lucky me, can't you see - I'm in love

Life's a wonderful thing
As long as I hold the string
I'd be a silly so-and-so
If I should ever let her go