"Blue Skies" was a last minute addition by Irving Berlin to the musical "Betsy" by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers, a failure, but the song quickly caught on.

There is a second verse, seldom heard. Here are the lyrics, complete:

BLUE SKIES
Irving Berlin, 1926

I was blue, just as blue as I could be
Ev'ry day was a cloudy day for me
Then good luck came a-knocking at my door
Skies were gray but they're not gray any more.

Blue skies
Smiling at me
Nothing but blue skies
Do I see.
Bluebirds singing a song
Nothing but bluebirds
All day long.

Never saw the sun shining so bright
Never saw things going so right
Noticing the days hurrying by
When you're in love, my how they fly.

Blue days
All of them gone
Nothing but blue skies
From now on.

I should care if the wind blows east or west
I should fret if the worst looks like the best
I should mind if they say it can't be true
I should smile, that's exactly what I do.

Sheet music 1927. Recorded the same year by Josephine Baker, George Olsen, Irving Kaufman, Fritz Kreisler. Sung by Al Jolson in "The Jazz Singer," 1927.