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Somewhere Over the Rainbow

by Judy Garland

Somewhere over the rainbow, way up high
There's a land that I've heard of once in a lullaby*.                                            *(berceuse)
Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare* to dream,                                                            *(to dare = oser)
Really do come true.

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Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds* are far behind me.                                          *(nuages)
Where troubles melt* like lemon drops,                                                             *(to melt = fondre))
Away above the chimney tops,
That's where you'll find me.

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Somewhere over the rainbow, blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly beyond* the rainbow                                                *(au-delà)
Why, oh why can't I?

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