From: “South Pacific”
A Cockeyed Optimist
from South Pacific
by
RICHARD RODGERS
Lyrics by: OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
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A COCKEYED OPTIMIST
from South Pacific
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Music by Richard Rodgers
Con anima
NELLIE:
3
When the sky is a bright ca - na - ry yel - low
I for - get ev - ’ry cloud I’ve ev - er seen So they
call me a cock - eyed op - ti - mist, Im - ma - ture and in -
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cur - a - bly green! I have heard peo - ple rant and rave and
bel - low That we’re done and we might as well be dead
But I’m on - ly a cock - eyed op - ti - mist And I
can’t get it in - to my head. I hear the hu - man
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poco rit.
race Is fall - ing on its face And has - n’t ver - y far to
poco rit.
a tempo 3
go, But ev - ’ry whip-poor - will Is sell - ing me a
a tempo
bill And tell - ing me it just ain’t so. I could
say life is just a bowl of jel - lo, And ap - pear more in -
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tel - li - gent and smart But I’m stuck (like a dope!) With a
thing called hope, And I can’t get it out of my heart.
poco a poco cresc.
Not this heart.
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