Selected Songs: What A Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong

The song “What a Wonderful World” was written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss. Louis Armstrong’s 1967 recording of the song was the first one. It was the time when Vietnam War was well under way. Louise Armstrong’s performance of “What a Wonderful World” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

What A Wonderful World lyrics:

I see trees of green
Red roses too
I see them bloom
For me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

I see skies of blue
And clouds of white
The bright blessed day
The dark sacred night
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow
So pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces
Of people going by
I see friends shaking hands
Saying, “How do you do?”
They’re really saying
“I love you”

I hear babies cry
I watch them grow
They’ll learn much more
Than I’ll never know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

Yes, I think to myself
What a wonderful world

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