I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

I'M FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES

(Jaan Kenbrovin* and John William Kellette)

CHORUS:
I'm forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air,
They fly so high, nearly reach the sky,
Then like my dreams they fade and die.
Fortune's always hiding,
I've looked everywhere,
I'm forever blowing bubbles,
Pretty bubbles in the air.

I'm dreaming dreams, I'm scheming schemes,
I'm building castles high.
They're born anew, their days are few,
Just like a sweet butterfly.
And as the daylight is dawning,
They come again in the morning!

CHORUS

When shadows creep, when I'm asleep,
To lands of hope I stray!
Then at daybreak, when I awake,
My bluebird flutters away.
"Happiness, you seem so near me,
Happiness, come forth and cheer me!"

CHORUS

*	In 1919, when the song was written, James Kendis, James Brockman, and Nat Vincent all had separate contracts with publishers that led them to conflate their names into Jaan Kenbrovin for credit on I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles.

For fun, you can find the ukulele chords here.
Barbershop quartets can find words & music here [pdf file].

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Listen to the linked
versions of the song:

Helen Clark and
George Wilton Ballard
(1920)

from a 1919 Blue Amberol cylinder recording
manufactured by the Edison company

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Jaan Kenbrovin
and John Kellette

Green Brothers Novelty Marimba Band/Orchestra (1921)
Edison cylinder recording

Ben Selvin and
His Orchestra
Dardanella (1920)

Henry Burr &
Albert Campbell (1919)

Chris Tyle's
Silver Leaf Jazz Band
Sugar Blues

Merry Macs

Les Brown
(Session #55:
1936-2001)

Al Raymond

Mrs Mills
(The Very Best
of Mrs Mills)

Russ Conway

Gordon Jenkins &
Artie Shaw (1950)

Lawrence Welk (Champagne Music
of Lawrence Welk)

Cyril Stapleton

Johnny Wiggs

Dean Martin
On Reprise (1973)

Michael Supnick and
The Sweetwater Jazz Band

Moms & Dads

Charles Hart (1920)

Oscar Peterson
(1951)

Paul Thomas

Charlie Spivak

Doris Day & Jack Smith
Secret Love

Cliff Adams Singers
(Sing Something Simple)

Westy Westenhofer
Bubbles (2004)

Kirby Stone Four
"Go" Sound/The Kirby Stone Touch (1959)

Dick Barrett
Dick Barrett Waltz Album

Guy Lombardo

Chet Atkins

Max Bygraves

The Dick Hyman Group
with Howard Alden as Emmet Ray
Sweet & Lowdown
(2000)

Corliss Lamont Sings for His Family and Friends, a Medley of Favorite Hit Songs from American Musicals (1977)

Palm Court
Theatre Orchestra
(The Picnic Party)

Les Paul and Mary Ford

Green Street Holligans

Howard Alden and Bucky Pizzarelli
In a Mellow Tone