I’ve Got the World on a String (1932)
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(m) Harold Arlen (w) Ted Koehler (I) Revue: Cotton Club Parade XXI by Aida Ward. (P) Cab Calloway. (CR) Bing Crosby. (R) Frank Sinatra 1953
Chorus:
I’ve got the world on a string, 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, anytime I move my finger.
Lucky me, can’t you see I’m in love.

Life is a beautiful thing as long as I hold the string.
I’d be a silly so and so if I should ever let go.
I’ve got the world on a string, sitting on a rainbow,
Got the string around my finger.
What a world, what a life, I’m in love!