Someday, I'll wish upon a star.

Let your heart be like.

Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly.

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high.

Someday, I'll wish upon a star.

I've just gotten back from St. Louis, and I can assure everyone that the folks don't talk like that there.

Judy is no doubt referring to the Golden Gate Bridge... except that bridge actually crosses the Golden Gate Strait (hence its name). There is a bridge that does cross the San Francisco Bay called, of course, the San Francisco Bay Bridge, but why would Judy be singing its praises?

This song originally came out in the 1944 movie, "Meet Me In St. Louis". It likely fit in some middle portion of the movie, in which the outlook for the characters was less than bright and no happy ending seemed on its way as yet. The song has since been remarketed, it would seem, as a Christmas song to stand on its own, and some lyrics have been changed to distance it from whatever bleak movie plotlines it originally reflected. The last line quoted above has been changed in the new and now more familiar version to "Hang a a shining star upon the highest bough". That is very much a dangling line in the revised version. It is about decorating a Christmas tree, but note that otherwise the song never mentions any Christmas tree! I have read on Wikipedia that Judy Garland herself actually requested that the lyrics be changed to distance the song from the somber mood of its original movie context. In its new version it has gone on to be used in other movies, most notably probably the highly successful first "Home Alone" movie in 1990, quite possibly giving the song a new boost to its popularity.

This song originally came out in the 1944 movie, "Meet Me In St. Louis". It likely fit in some middle portion of the movie, in which the outlook for the characters was less then bright and no happy ending seemed on its way as yet. The song has since been remarketed, it would seem, as a Christmas song to stand on its own, and some lyrics have been changed to distance it from whatever bleak movie plotlines it originally reflected. Of the lines quoted above, those beginning with "Next year" have been changed, for the freestanding version best known today, to "From now on our troubles will be out of sight" and "From now on our troubles will be miles away", to fit immediate hopes for yuletide cheer rather than bleak current prospects and dreamy hopes for "next year". I have read on Wikipedia that Judy Garland herself actually requested that the lyrics be so changed. In its new version it has gone on to be used in other movies, most notably probably the highly successful first "Home Alone" movie in 1990, quite possibly giving the song a new boost to its popularity.

Covered by many other artists, this song evokes the mood of riding an old trolley car at the turn of the century in America.

"Zing" represents the sound a stringed instrument (perhaps a harp or violin) when its strings are struck by hand. Although it would be literally impossible for a heart's strings to make that noise. :)