Amy's happiness

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As Monty Python was apt to say, "And now for something completely different."

Recently Amy Barton of Hardin Valley helped a pair of Eastern bluebirds raise their family. The experience kindled the memory of a song her grandmother used to sing to her. For Amy's complete story go to this week's farragutpress.

The "Bluebird of Happiness" composed by Sandor Harmati and Edward Heyman in 1934.

Are only different in name

For they are treated just the same by Fate.

Today a smile and tomorrow a tear

We're never sure what's in store

So learn your lesson before it is too late.

So be like I

Hold your head up high

Till you find the bluebird of happiness.

You will find

Greater peace of mind

Knowing there's a bluebird of happiness.

And when she sings to you

Though you're deep in blue

You will see a ray of light creep through.

And so, remember this

Life is no abyss

Somewhere there's a bluebird of happiness.

The poet with his pen

The peasant with his plow

It makes no difference who you are

It's all the same somehow.

The king upon his throne

The jester at his feet

The artist, the actress

The man on the street.

It's a life of smiles

And a life of tears

It's a life of hope

And a life of fears.

A blinding torrent of rain

And a brilliant burst of sun,

A biting, tearing pain

And bubbling, sparkling fun.

And no matter what you have

Don't envy those you meet,

It's all the same, it's in the game

The bitter and the sweet.

And if things don't look so cheerful

Just show a little fight,

For every bit of darkness

There's a little bit of light.

For every bit of hatred

There's a little bit of love.

For every cloudy morning

There's a midnight moon above.

So don't you forget

You must search

Till you find the bluebird.

You will find peace

And contentment forever

If you will . . .

Be like I

Hold your head up high

Till you find the bluebird of happiness.

You will find

Greater peace of mind

Knowing there's a bluebird of happiness.

And when she sings to you

Though you're deep in blue

You will see a ray of light creep through.

And so remember this

Life is no abyss

Somewhere there's a bluebird of happiness.

Thanks, Amy.

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