Long Lost Verses Quiz | Song Lyrics for Experts

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1. "When all the world is a hopeless jumble, and the raindrops tumble all around, Heaven opens a magic lane. When all the clouds darken up the skyway, There's a rainbow highway to be found, Leading from your window pane, To a place behind the sun, Just a step beyond the rain".

Answer: "Over the Rainbow"

This 1940 Oscar winning song was the most requested at the Oscar party dinner that year. Academy Award for Best Music, Song
Harold Arlen (music)
E.Y. Harburg (lyrics)
For the song "Over the Rainbow"

2. "My day in the hills has come to an end, I know. The sun has come out to tell me it's time to go. But deep in the dark green shadows Are voices that urge me to stay So I pause and I wait and I listen, For one more sound, for one more lovely thing That the hills might say..."

Answer: "The Sound of Music"

This opening verse is heard only as background in the opening shots of the film. "The Sound of Music" won 5 Oscars. Best Picture, Best Director for Robert Wise, Best Editing, Best Music, and Best Sound. Both Julie Andrews and Peggy Wood (Mother Abbess) were nominated for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress respectively and were bested by Julie Christie and Shelley Winters.

3. "While the storm clouds gather far across the sea, Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free, Let us all be grateful for a land so fair, As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer"

Answer: "God Bless America"

In the fall of 1938, as war was again threatening Europe, Berlin decided to write a "peace" song. He recalled his "God Bless America" from twenty years earlier and made some alterations to reflect the different state of the world. Singer Kate Smith introduced the revised "God Bless America" during her radio broadcast on Armistice Day, 1938. The song was an immediate sensation; the sheet music was in great demand. Berlin soon established the God Bless America Fund, dedicating the royalties to the Boy and Girl Scouts of America.

4. "I've paid my dues time after time I've done my sentence but committed no crime. And bad mistakes, I've made a few. I've had my share of sand kicked in my face, But I've come through. And we mean to go on and on and on and on"

Answer: "We are the Champions"

It was released on Queen's "News of the World" album in 1977. The album was more in step with the punk scene than the output of most superstar acts of the time, as it contains Roger Taylor's furious "Sheer Heart Attack" and Freddie Mercury's lean, brutal "Get Down, Make Love." Of course, News is famous for its opening medley, "We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions." Attend any sports event in the Western world, and you'll hear the former. If it's a championship match and the home team wins, you'll hear the latter. That's a tribute to the staying power of the music, but News of the World offers proof that, even as Queen maintained their position as rock & roll royalty, they continued to evolve and react to the times." --Daniel Durchholz

5. "I'm dreamin' tonight of a place I love Even more then I usually do. And although I know it's a long road back I promise you"

Answer: "I'll be home for Christmas"

In 1943, "I'll Be Home for Christmas" joined "White Christmas" to become one of America's most popular homegrown holiday songs. Recorded in a rich baritone by Bing Crosby, "I'll Be Home for Christmas" shot to the top ten of the record charts (as "White Christmas" had for Crosby the previous year) and became a holiday musical tradition in the United States.

6. "The sun is shining, the grass is green The orange and palm trees sway. I've never seen such a day in Beverly Hills LA. But it's December the 24th and I am longing to be up North".

Answer: "White Christmas"

Bing Crosby made this one of the most beloved and best selling of all Christmas songs. It won an Oscar for best song in 1942 from the film "Holiday Inn" starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire.

7. "When a star is born they possess a gift or two. One of them is this to make your dreams come true".

Answer: "When You Wish Upon a Star"

This tune was from Walt Disney's beloved "Pinocchio". Some animated footage of the woods and the forest fire was later used in "Bambi".
Mel Blanc was hired to perform the voice of Gideon the Cat(who ended up a mute) so all of Blanc's recorded dialogue was cut, save one single hiccup.

8. "We twa hae run aboot the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine. We've wandered mony a weary foot, Sin' ___ ____ ____. Sin' ___ ____ ____, my dear, Sin' ___ ____ ____, We've wandered mony a weary foot, Sin' ___ ____ ____".

Answer: "Auld Lang Syne"

Robert Burns sent a copy of the original song to the British Museum with this comment: "The following song, an old song, of the olden times, and which has never been in print, nor even in manuscript until I took it down from an old man's singing , is enough to recommend any air."

9. "Nelly Kelly loved baseball games, Knew the players, knew all their names, You could see her there ev'ry day, Shout 'Hurray' when they'd play. Her boy friend by the name of Joe Said, 'To Coney Isle, dear, let's go,' Then Nelly started to fret and pout, And to him I heard her shout".

Answer: "Take me Out to the Ballgame"

This song was written in 1908 by a man named Jack Norworth. One day when he was riding a New York City subway train, he spotted a sign that said "Ballgame Today at the Polo Grounds." Some baseball-related lyrics popped into his head, that were later set to some music by Albert Von Tilzer, to become the well known baseball song, "Take Me Out To The Ballgame." Despite the fact that neither Norworth or Tilzer had ever been to a baseball game at the time the song was written, it is one of the most widely sung songs in America.

10. "Never saw you look quite so pretty before. Never saw you dress quite so handsome - what's more I could hardly wait to keep our date This lovely Easter morning. And my heart beat fast as I came through the door For..."

Answer: "Easter Parade"

The film "Easter Parade" won best music Oscars for Johnny Green and Roger Edens in 1949
From the Show-- "As Thousands Cheer" 1933
From the Films-- "Holiday Inn" 1942, and "Easter Parade" 1948

Hope you enjoyed this one.

Source: Author wch

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Long Lost Verses Trivia Quiz

Some popular songs that we know and love have verses we may not know so well. Give these a try. I give the lyric, you guess the song.

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