I’ve Got the World on a String Songtext
von Cab Calloway and His Orchestra

Merry month of May, sunny skies of blue
Clouds have rolled away, and the sun peeps through
May express happiness

Joy may define in a thousand ways
But a case like mine needs a special phrase
To reveal how I feel

I′ve got the world on a string
I'm sittin′ on a rainbow
I've got that 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 little old finger
Lucky me, can′t you see that I'm in love?

Life is a beautiful thing
As long as I hold that string
I′d be a silly so-and-so
If I should ever let go

I've got the world on a string
I′m sittin' on a rainbow
I′ve got that string around my finger
What a world, what a life, I'm in love

I've got the world on a string
And I′m sittin′ on a rainbow
I've got that string around my finger
What a world, what a life, I′m in love

Gee, but I'm happy to be so lucky in love