Over the Rainbow, Israel Kamakawiwo’ole & Judy Garland, Wizard of Oz, lyrics handout for TESOL English lessons. Presented at the Kotesol 7th Annual Seoul Conference (March 2010) & the Extensive Reading Symposium (November 2009).

1. Somewhere over the Rainbow~What a Wonderful World
Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
Prepared by Gwen Atkinson, TESOLgwen@gmail.com
ppt & lyrics handout available at http://www.slideshare.net/GwenAtkinsonTESOL
Listening link/March 2010: http://www.eventpolynesia.com/music/C11_page_israelrainbow.htm
YouTube link/March 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ltAGuuru7Q&feature=related
Use these words to complete the lyrics. (x1) means you can use the word once; (x2) means you can use the word twice…
Verbs: cry, love, find (x2), fly (x2), wish (x2), think (x3)
Two Word Phrasal Verbs: wake up (x2)
Nouns: people, hands, star (x2), clouds (x2), rainbow (x2), dream/s (x3)
Adjectives: pretty, wonderful (x3)
Colors: blue, green, red, white
Adverbs/Prepositions: above (x2), up (x2), over (x3)
OK, this one's for Gabby…Ooooo oooooo ohoohohoo Ooooo ohooohoo oooohoo Ooooo ohoohooo oohoooo…
Somewhere over the _____________ …Way ______ high…
And the dreams that you dreamed of…Once in a lullaby ii ii iii…
Somewhere ____________ the rainbow…bluebirds ____________ …
And the ____________ that you dreamed of…Dreams really do come true ooh ooooh…
Someday I’ll ____________ upon a ____________ …

2. Wake ________ where the ____________ are far
behind me ee ee eeh…Where trouble melts like lemon drops…
High ____________ the chimney tops, that’s where you’ll ____________ me oh…
Somewhere ____________ the ____________, bluebirds ____________ …
And the ____________ that you dare to, why, oh why can’t I? i iiii…
Well I see trees of ___________ and ____________ roses, too…
I’ll watch them bloom for me and you…
And I ____________ to myself…what a _____________ world…
Well I see skies of ____________ and I see clouds of ____________ …And the brightness of day…
I like the dark…and I ____________ to myself…what a _____________ world…
The colors of the rainbow, so ___________ in the sky…
Are also on the faces of ____________ passing by…
I see friends shaking ____________, saying, “How do you do?”…
They’re really saying, I . . .I ____________ you…
I hear babies ____________ and I watch them grow…
They’ll learn much more than we’ll know…
And I ____________ to myself…what a _____________ world… (w)oohoorld…
Someday I’ll ____________ upon a ____________ …
Wake ________ where the ____________ are far behind me…
Where trouble melts like lemon drops…
High ____________ the chimney top…that’s where you’ll ____________ me…
Oh, somewhere ____________ the rainbow, way ____________ high…
And the ____________ that you dare to, why, oh why can’t I? I hiii?... Ooooo oooooo oooooo Ooooo…
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3. Over the Rainbow
Music by Harold Arlen; lyrics by E.Y. Harburg; sung by Judy Garland in the movie The Wizard of Oz, 1939.
Prepared by Gwen Atkinson, TESOLgwen@gmail.com
ppt & lyrics handout available at http://www.slideshare.net/GwenAtkinsonTESOL
YouTube link/December 2009: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKIjsWUbhVM
YouTube link/March 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8QWdJh4VxY
Verbs: wish, find, dream, hear (heard), fly (3) Nouns: dreams, star, clouds
Two Word Phrasal Verbs: wake up Adjectives: happy, blue (3)
Contractions (S’V): I’ll, you’ll Adverbs/Prepositions: over (4), up
Contractions (negative): can’t (2)
…Someplace where there isn't any trouble . . . Do you suppose there is such a place, Toto? There
must be. It's not a place you can get to by a boat or a train. It's far, far away . . . Behind the moon,
beyond the rain…
Somewhere ___________ the rainbow...way __________ high…
There's a land that I _____________ of once in a lullaby…
Somewhere ___________ the rainbow...skies are _____________
and the ________________ that you dare to ______________ really do come true….
Someday _______ __________ upon a ___________
and wake ___________ where the ____________ are far behind me…
Where troubles melt like lemon drops away above the chimney-tops...
That's where _______________ _____________ me…
Somewhere ____________ the rainbow... __________birds ____________.
Birds _________ ____________ the rainbow—why, then, oh why _____________ I?
If ______________ little __________birds ___________ beyond the rainbow...
Why, oh why ______________ I?...