"Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe" is a song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Yip Harburg, it was written for the 1943 film musical Cabin in the Sky, recorded by the MGM Studio Orchestra and sung by Ethel Waters. The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1943 but lost out to "You'll Never Know".
The song has subsequently been recorded by a multitude of artists including Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Nancy Wilson, Bette Midler and Cher.
Sarah Lois Vaughan (March 27, 1924 - April 3, 1990) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Nicknamed "Sassy" and "The Divine One", she won two Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award, and was nominated for a total of nine Grammy Awards. She was given an NEA Jazz Masters Award in 1989. Critic Scott Yanow wrote that she had "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century".
Skies ain't gonna cloud no more, the crops ain't gonna fail
Caught a bluebird by the toe a rainbow by the tail
A certain man with eyes that shine
Voodooed up this heart of mine
It seems like oh happiness is just a thing called little Joe
He's got a smile that makes the lilacs wanna to grow
He's gotta way that makes the angels heave a sigh
When they know little Joe's passin' by
Sometimes the cabin's gloomy and the table's bare
Then he'll kiss me and it's Christmas
Every, every, everywhere
Troubles fly away and life is easy go
Does he love me good--that's all I need to know
Does he love me good
Does he love me good
That's all I need to know
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