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I Can Sing a Rainbow

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"I Can Sing a Rainbow"
Song
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's song, Nursery rhyme
Songwriter(s)Arthur Hamilton, Traditional

"I Can Sing a Rainbow," also known simply as ''Rainbow Song'', "Sing a Rainbow," or ''I can see a Rainbow'' is an English-language popular nursery rhyme and a children's song of American origin. The song written by Arthur Hamilton. It was featured in the 1955 film Pete Kelly's Blues, where it was sung by Peggy Lee.

Background

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The song has been used to teach children names of colours.[1][2] Despite the name of the song, two of the seven colours mentioned ("red and yellow and pink and green, purple and orange and blue") – pink and purple – are not actually a colour of the rainbow (i.e. they are not spectral colors; pink is a variation of shade, and purple is the human brain's interpretation of mixed red/blue [see line of purples]). They are also not presented in order of the visible light spectrum.[3]

Lyrics

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Red and yellow and pink and green

Purple and orange and blue,

I can sing a rainbow,

Sing a rainbow,

Sing a rainbow too.

Listen with your ears,

Listen with your eyes,

And sing everything you see!


Other version include:

Red and yellow and pink and green

Orange and purple and blue,

I can sing a rainbow,

Sing a rainbow,

Sing a rainbow too.

Listen with your ears,

Listen with your eyes,

And sing everything you see!

I can sing a rainbow,

Sing a rainbow,

Sing along with me…

Versions

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References

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  1. ^ "I Can Sing A Rainbow". National Institutes of Health, Department of Health & Human Services. Archived from the original on 2014-10-30. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
  2. ^ "I can sing a rainbow". British Council. Archived from the original on 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
  3. ^ Borland, Sophie (2008-01-11). "Ed Balls red-faced after 'Singing a Rainbow'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 2009-09-28. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
  4. ^ "Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved 2012-04-19.
  5. ^ Lonergan, David F. (2005). Hit Records, 1950-1975. Scarecrow Press. p. 89. ISBN 978-0-8108-5129-0. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 154.
  7. ^ "RPM100" (PDF). Library and Archives Canada.
  8. ^ "Love is Blue". The Irish Charts.
  9. ^ The Dells: Awards, AllMusic
  10. ^ "The Dells: Singles". The Official Charts Company.
  11. ^ "Delta beats Hogan in attraction stakes". news.com.au. 2005-05-07. Retrieved 2008-09-03. [dead link]