Pretty As A Rainbow (After The Rain)

Words and Music by :  Fred Brooks - Lester Judson

Recorded by Harry Belafonte
Recording date: Jan 4, 1954 (14:00-18:00)
Master number: E4VB 2804-B
Playing time: 2:22
Producer: Joe Carlton
Hugo Winterhalter: leader; H. Ross: contractor; Millard Thomas: guitar; Arnold Fishkin: bass; Nathan Foodman: drums; William Rodriguez: drums; Buster Davis: piano, Thomas Parshley: flute: Edwin Brown: oboe; Clifford Heather: trombone; Lou McGarity: trombone; Donald Lipsey: trumpet; R. D. McMickle: trumpet; Charles Margulis: trumpet; Maurice Bialkin: cello; Martin Lake: cello; Sidney Brecher: viola; John DiJanni: viola; Felix Buldrini: violin; Harry Glickman: violin; Jasha Herzog: violin; Harry Melnikoff: violin; Felix Orlewitz: violin; Julius Schacter: violin; Ray Charles, Jack Brown, Murray Kane, Mel Larned, Edwin Lindstroem, Earl Rogers and Alan Sokoloff: vocal chorus.

78 : B-10710, 20-5722
45 : 47-5722
CD: BCD16262, GSS-5381,


Lyrics:

She's pretty as a rainbow after the rain
She's softer than a kitten and sweeter than cane
She's fairer than the flowers that bloom on the hill
She's mine and I love her and I always will


The first time I saw her my first day in town
The strangest thing happen the world spinned around
At first she didn't see me so how was she to know
My heart almost stopped beating kept on repeating

She's pretty as a rainbow after the rain
She's softer than a kitten and sweeter than cane
She's fairer than the flowers that bloom on the hill
She's mine and I love her and I always will


Though we've never spoken and we've never met
The thrill of her beauty is hard to forget
But one day I'll tell her 'cause one day she'll be
The joy of my life when I make her my wife, 'cause

She's pretty as a rainbow after the rain
She's softer than a kitten and sweeter than cane
She's fairer than the flowers that bloom on the hill
She's mine and I love her and I always will