Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Fernand /Cover/ "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" was composed by Harold Arlen and lyricist Yip Harburg. They often worked together in tandem, Harburg generally suggesting an idea or title for Arlen to set to music, before Harburg contributed the lyrics. For their work together on The Wizard of Oz, Harburg claimed his inspiration was "a ballad for a little girl, played by Judy Garland, who....was in trouble and wanted to get away from...Kansas; a dry, arid, colorless place. She had never seen anything colorful in her life except the rainbow". Arlen decided the idea needed " a melody with a long broad line". Fernand is doing Israel Kamakawiw&version of the song.