Get Happy
Judy Garland Lyrics
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You better chase all your cares away
Shout Hallelujah, come on get happy
Get ready for the judgment day
The sun is shining, come on get happy
The Lord is waiting to take your hand
Shout Hallelujah, come on get happy
We're going to the Promised Land
We're heading 'cross the river
Wash your sins away in the tide
It's all so peaceful
On the other side
Forget your troubles, come on get happy
You better chase all your cares away
Shout Hallelujah, come on get happy
Get ready for the judgment day
The sun is shining, come on get happy
Chase your cares away
Hallelujah, get happy
Come on, the judgment day
The sun is shining, come on get happy
The Lord is waiting to take your hand
Shout Hallelujah, come on get happy
We're gonna be going to the Promised Land
We're heading 'cross the river
Wash our sins away in the tide
It's quiet and peaceful
On the other side
Forget your troubles, get happy
Your cares fly away
Sing Hallelujah, get happy
Get ready for your judgment day
Come on get happy
Chase your cares away
Shout Hallelujah, come on get happy
Get ready for the judgment day
Shout and shine and come on get happy
Lord is waiting to take your hand
Hallelujah, come on get happy
We're gonna be going to the Promised Land
Heading 'cross the river
Wash our sins away in the tide
It's also peaceful
On the other side
Shout Hallelujah, come on get happy
You better chase all your cares away
Shout Hallelujah, come on get happy
Get ready, get ready
Get ready for the judgment day (hallelujah, hallelujah)
"Get Happy" is a song by Judy Garland, composed by Harold Arlen with lyrics by Ted Koehler, and first published in 1930. The lyrics are about forgetting one's troubles and enjoying life, with a focus on the idea that the eternal rewards of heaven will justify any earthly suffering.
Throughout the song, Garland insists that listeners should wash away their sins and prepare for the judgment day. She also gives hope that those who follow the right path will reach the Promised Land.
The opening lines, "Forget your troubles, come on get happy / You better chase all your cares away," are an invitation to listeners to tune into the song’s upbeat energy and positive message, which is reinforced by the chorus's repetition of "Shout Hallelujah, come on get happy / Get ready for the judgment day." The song's happiness, optimism, and emphasis on faith in God is also reflected in the lines which describe the peacefulness of the "other side" of the river where sins are washed away.
Overall, "Get Happy" is a joyous and spiritual tune that aims to inspire, which makes it a quintessential Judy Garland number.
Line by Line Meaning
Forget your troubles, come on get happy
Put your worries aside and focus on being happy
You better chase all your cares away
Make an effort to let go of your stresses and concerns
Shout Hallelujah, come on get happy
Express joy and excitement, embrace happiness
Get ready for the judgment day
Prepare yourself for the future and all it holds
The sun is shining, come on get happy
The world is bright and full of possibilities, enjoy it
The Lord is waiting to take your hand
Have faith and trust that things will work out in the end
We're going to the Promised Land
There is a hopeful future to look forward to
We're heading 'cross the river
We are on a journey, moving forward through life
Wash your sins away in the tide
Let go of past mistakes and start anew
It's all so peaceful on the other side
The future may be uncertain, but there is calmness and tranquility in the present moment
Your cares fly away
Your worries disappear and you feel free and unencumbered
Sing Hallelujah, get happy
Express your happiness and enthusiasm, celebrate life
Get ready, get ready
Prepare yourself emotionally, mentally, and spiritually
Come on get happy
Embrace the present moment and find joy
Chase your cares away
Actively work towards eliminating your worries and concerns
Shout and shine and come on get happy
Radiate positivity and happiness, express yourself
We're gonna be going to the Promised Land
There is hope and a better future ahead
It's also peaceful on the other side
The future may bring new challenges, but there is still a sense of calmness and serenity
You better chase all your cares away
Make an effort to let go of your worries and anxieties
Get ready, get ready
Prepare yourself for the future, mentally and emotionally
Get ready for the judgment day (hallelujah, hallelujah)
Prepare yourself for whatever comes next, and have faith in the future
Lyrics © S.A. MUSIC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
After appearing in Vaudeville theater with her sisters, Judy was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a teenager. There she made more than two dozen films, including nine with Mickey Rooney, and the film with which she would be most identified, "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). After 15 years, Judy was released from the studio but gained renewed success through record-breaking concert appearances, including a critically acclaimed Carnegie Hall concert, a well-regarded but short-lived television series, and a return to film acting beginning with "A Star Is Born" (1954).
Despite her professional triumphs, Judy battled personal problems throughout her life. Insecure about her appearance, her feelings were compounded by film executives who told her she was unattractive and overweight. Plied with drugs to control her weight and increase her productivity, Garland endured a decades-long struggle with addiction. Garland was plagued by financial instability, often owing hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes, and her first four of five marriages ended in divorce. She attempted suicide on a number of occasions. Garland died of an accidental drug overdose at the age of 47, leaving children Liza Minnelli, Lorna Luft, and Joey Luft.
Legacy
Judy Garland's legacy as a performer and a personality has endured long after her death. The American Film Institute named Garland eighth among the "Greatest Female Stars of All Time". She has been the subject of over two dozen biographies since her death, including the well-received "Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir" by her daughter, Lorna Luft. Luft's memoir was later adapted into the multiple award-winning television mini-series, "Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows", which won Emmy Awards for two actresses portraying Garland (Tammy Blanchard and Judy Davis).
Garland was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997. Several of her recordings have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. These include "Over the Rainbow," which was ranked as the number one movie song of all time in the American Film Institute's "100 Years...100 Songs" list. Four more Garland songs are featured on the list: "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (#76), "Get Happy" (#61), "The Trolley Song" (#26), and "The Man That Got Away" (#11).
Judy Garland has twice been honored on U.S. postage stamps, in 1989 (as Dorothy) and again in 2006 (as Vicki Lester from A Star Is Born).
M B-B
Ebony only said the same
thing to My Carers This
Morning. We were watching
Liza & Mother Videos and
one of them mentioned
about Judy being tiny & I said
I wonder if all the Drugs she was
given stunted her growth. One of
Judy’s quotes was “ I am Short
With Really Long Legs” & You can
see in the clip For Come On Get Happy
how long her legs are.
Judy took six weeks off to lose weight
and to come off the Drugs and the
result her pulling off just wearing
a Dinner Jacket..
Ellie
There are many cuts in this sequence.
It's very obviously not a one take scene.
And by the way the production of this film was very troubled, it was at the end of Garland's film career and at times, almost didn't get finished at all.
There were large breaks in shooting with no guarantee at times that it would ever be finished.
Gene Kelly helped get it through.
The professionalism of both the leads was second to none but Garland was deep into her addiction by this stage.
You notice her weight fluctuate wildly throughout the picture, it took a long time to get it fully in the can with long breaks, weeks, between shooting.
It wasn't inevitable that it would even get finished.
Watch the extras on the DVD
Ellie
@Gerald Stephens
Gene Kelly was helped tremendously by Garland on his first film.
She was an old Hollywood hand by that stage, he was an incomer from New York theatre (he made his name initially as the lead in Pal Joey.
This was her last film and shooting was troubled because of her fluctuating weight and drug issues (caused by the studios in the first place let's not forget)
Kelly always felt a deep fondness and gratitude for Garland for helping him in that first picture (For Me And My Gal) and so he stood up for her throughout this last film.
They had great screen chemistry in the three films they starred in together.
M B-B
@Kelly Norman Now I’m really mad
how can someone so young as she
was when she started in Hollywood
A stand up for herself.
Her Mother Was A Stage Mum Who
Was Very Domineering + Her Boss
Louis B Mayer Who Was The Instigator
In Judy Taking Pills And Later Becoming
A Drinker. He Was So Cruel To Her
That During Filming Of Girl Crazy One
Scene She Had To Film Over And Over
She Ended Up Exhausted And Callapsed.
Filming The Lion Scene Of The Wizard
Of Oz They Couldn’t Stop Laughing in The End
She Was Pulled Aside And Slapped Across
The Face. So Please When You’re Being Abused
At A Young Age How Do You Get Away From
It. Maybe It’s You That Needs To Learn More
About Judy.
She Never Gave Up And Her Children Loved Her
as Did Her Fans.
M B-B
@AD-SD-vids You’re Point Being.
You can’t be a Judy Garland Fan
Because She Has Been Gone For
50 Years. I’ve Loved and Been
A Huge Fan Of Judy Garland
Since I Was A Little Girl & I’m
52. And I Believe when Elizabeth
Mentioned Auto Tune She Was Talking
About The Natural Talent Of Singers
Like Judy.
Adelina
Amazing scene!
Here are lyrics:
Forget your troubles, c'mon get happy
You better chase all your cares away
Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
Get ready for the judgement day
The sun is shinin', c'mon get happy
The Lord is waitin' to take your hand
Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
We're going to the promise land
We're headin' 'cross the river
Wash your sins away in the tide
It's all so peaceful on the other side
Forget your troubles, c'mon get happy
You better chase all your cares away
Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
Get ready for the judgement day
Forget your troubles, c'mon get happy
Chase your cares away
Hallelu, get happy
Before the judgement day
The sun is shinin', c'mon get happy
The Lord is waitin' to take your hand
Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
We're gonna be goin' to the promise land
Were headin' 'cross the river
Wash your sins away in the tide
It's quiet and peaceful on the other side
Forget your troubles, get happy
Your cares fly away
Shout "hallelujah", get happy
Get ready for your judgement day
C'mon get happy
Chase your cares away
Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
Get ready for the judgment day
Sun is shinin', c'mon get happy
Lord is waitin' to take your hand
Hallelujah, c'mon get happy
We're goin' to the promise land
Headin' 'cross the river
Throw your sins away in the tide
It's all so peaceful on the other side
Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
You better chase all your cares away
Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
Get ready, get ready, get ready
For the judgment day (hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu)
lampy
Forget your troubles and just get happy
You better chase all your cares away
Sing Hallelujah, come on, get happy
Get ready for the Judgment Day
The sun is shining, come on, get happy
The Lord is waiting to take your hand
Shout Hallelujah, come on, get happy
We're going to the promised land
We're heading 'cross the river
Wash your sins 'way in the tide
It's all so peaceful on the other side
Forget your troubles and just get happy
You better chase all your cares away
Shout Hallelujah, come on, get happy
Get ready for the Judgment Day
Forget your troubles and just get happy
You better chase all your cares away
Sing Hallelujah, come on, get happy
Get ready for the Judgment Day
That sun is shining, come on, get happy
The Lord is waiting to take you by the hand
Shout Hallelujah, come on, get happy
We're going to the promised land
We're heading 'cross the river
Wash your sins 'way in the tide
And it's all so nice and peaceful
When you get on the other side
Forget your troubles and just get happy
You better chase all your cares away
Shout Hallelujah, come on, get happy
Get ready for the Judgment Day
Forget your troubles, come on, get happy
Forget your troubles, come on, be happy
Forget your troubles, come on, stay happy
Happy, stay happy
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"Get Happy"
Forget your troubles
Come on get happy
You better chase all you cares away
Shout hallelujah
Come on get happy
Get ready for the judgement day
The sun is shining
Come on get happy
The lord is waiting to take your hand
Shout hallelujah
Come on get happy
We're going to the promise land
We're heading across the river
Wash your sins away in the tide
It's all so peaceful on the other side
Forget your troubles
Come on get happy
Chase your cares away
Hallelu get happy
Before the judgement day
We're heading across the river
Wash your sins away in the tide
It's quiet and peaceful on the other side
Forget your troubles
Get happy
Your cares fly away
Shout hallelujah
Get happy
Get ready for your judgement day
Come on get happy
Chase your cares away
Shout hallelujah
Come on get happy
Get ready for the judgement day
The sun is shining
Come on get happy
The lord is waiting to take your hand
Hallelujah
Come on get happy
We're going to the promise land
We're heading across the river
Wash your sins away in the tide
It's all so peaceful on the other side
Shout hallelujah
Come on get happy
You better chase all your cares away
Shout hallelujah
Come on get happy
Get ready
Get ready
Get ready
For the judgement day
Big Gay
Forget your troubles, c'mon get happy
You better chase all your cares away
Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
Get ready for the judgement day
The sun is shinin', c'mon get happy
The Lord is waitin' to take your hand
Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
We're going to the promise land
We're headin' 'cross the river
Wash your sins away in the tide
It's all so peaceful on the other side
Forget your troubles, c'mon get happy
You better chase all your cares away
Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
Get ready for the judgement day
Forget your troubles, c'mon get happy
Chase your cares away
Hallelu, get happy
Before the judgement day
The sun is shinin', c'mon get happy
The Lord is waitin' to take your hand
Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
We're gonna be goin' to the promise land
Were headin' 'cross the river
Wash your sins away in the tide
It's quiet and peaceful on the other side
Forget your troubles, get happy
Your cares fly away
Shout "hallelujah", get happy
Get ready for your judgement day
C'mon get happy
Chase your cares away
Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
Get ready for the judgment day
Sun is shinin', c'mon get happy
Lord is waitin' to take your hand
Hallelujah, c'mon get happy
We're goin' to the promise land
Headin' 'cross the river
Throw your sins away in the tide
It's all so peaceful on the other side
Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
You better chase all your cares away
Shout "hallelujah", c'mon get happy
Get ready, get ready, get ready
For the judgment day (hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelu)
krissy crossway
it kills me that behind the scenes she was anything but happy. this poor woman suffered her entire life. But she was a natural entertainer so you'd never tell. beautiful beautiful beautiful.
Brian Setpente
There isn't anything Judy Garland couldn't sing she was the true star of the wizard of oz thank you Judy❤️
Linda Clark
@Natural Kinky Curly―Marie right; see my comments. People today just ...buy whatever they see/read. It's....absurd; like, they've given up their own power to reason , comprehend, discern. Well iiiiii haven't.
Linda Clark
@DyAnn Dalton there was nothing wrong with her ! She had access to narcotics, from a young age, which did mess with her moods. Stop calling her crazy, have some intelligence about people! Note her age when she got into show business, and was Given pills to 'help' her! Also, she was gone before things like AA, or the Betty Ford clinic! Judy, wherever you may be -thanks for leading the way, all of my sisters and I loved meet me in st Louis, and of course ....the wizard of oz! There's no place like home....and, there's noone like JUDY GARLAND!
Linda Clark
C'mon! Judy KNEW HER WORTH. you cannot take away her history- she had mega talent, and a great big heart! Enough to raise some kids she loved very much! Stop with maudlin when it should perhaps be, 'if only there had been a Betty Ford clinic back then-" period. Now c'mon get happy.
Laura B
@nickgreatpwrful The studio had her on a "diet" of pills, coffee, and cigarettes while she was filming The Wizard of Oz. She was 17.
Cricks Holland
She was pure magic!! She was fed drugs to wake her up and then knocked her out. Her mother was evil as was the stepfather. All of the heartache she felt she added to her music. Breathtaking!! So much raw talent!! Rip Judy
SymphonyBrahms
And her unhappy marriages. She was blessed with talent but not in her life.
M B-B
Ebony only said the same
thing to My Carers This
Morning. We were watching
Liza & Mother Videos and
one of them mentioned
about Judy being tiny & I said
I wonder if all the Drugs she was
given stunted her growth. One of
Judy’s quotes was “ I am Short
With Really Long Legs” & You can
see in the clip For Come On Get Happy
how long her legs are.
Judy took six weeks off to lose weight
and to come off the Drugs and the
result her pulling off just wearing
a Dinner Jacket..
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I just watched the original wizard of oz for the first time yesterday and it was amazing. I didn’t know she was 4’11! In the movie I was thinking she was young but very tall, maybe her hard life stunted her growth?