Somewhere over the rainbow / Way up high, // There's a land that I heard of / Once in a lullaby. // Somewhere over the rainbow / Skies are blue // And the dreams that you dare to dream / Really do come true. // - Edgar Yipsel [Yip] Harburg (1896 - 1981): Over the Rainbow
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虹の向こうのどこか／空高く、／／聞いたことのある国／いつか子守歌で。／／虹の向こうのどこか／空青く、／／夢に願った夢は／本当にかなうの。／／ - エドガー・イプセル［・イップ］・ハーバーグ (1896 - 1981): 『虹の彼方に［虹の彼方へ］』（【歌える訳詞】岡本健 (1963 - )）
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