Over the Rainbow
A ballad composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Yip Harburg written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz and sung by Judy Garland.
Fabrics, machine and hand-embroidery, lace, yo-yo’s stuffed with polyester fill, metal star
Evelyn Kain
Some day I’ll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
The words capture the longing for a peaceful world in troubled times.
Key elements: the wishing star, yo-yo clouds and a lace-edged pocket behind the embroidered “Somewhere” showing that the place “over the rainbow” can truly be found!
My favorite version, 1990, is by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, aka IZ, a na- tive Hawaiian singer-lyricist and activist.
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