This is a song I wrote and recorded in June 2025 based on the phrase 'pie in the sky', which refers to something unobtainable, and comes from a 1911 song by the American labour leader Joe Hill (1879–1915), which includes the line: ‘'Work and pray, live on hay, You'll get pie in the sky when you die' [source].
If you fly up high
and open your eyes
you might just spy
some pie in the sky
At the end of the rainbow
you might just find
a pretty pot of gold
or so I've been told
If you search here and there
and everywhere
you might just snare
a castle in the air
Whatever you seek
Wherever you peek
You might just see
something unique
So open your eyes
and your ears and your mind
cause you never know
what you might find
cause you never know
what you might find
Here's a recording, which features me singing and playing the baritone ukuele, high and low whistles, and bodhrán. The chords are C, F and G.
The Elephant Song | When you get to jiggit | Chaos | Winter | Everyday adventures | Hints of Blossom | A Panda in a Poncho | Plinkin Plookplooks | Spollagyn son tey | How Many Roads? | A Gnu in My Shoe | A Hen in My Hat | The Ballad of the Wug and the Cra | La Plume de ma Tante | Ukuleles On The Shore | Echoes on the Tongue | Dardledumdue | It's Okay To Be Odd | Monday Morning | Tall Tales | Sail Across The Sky | Two Left Feet | Thunder River | Ning | Lazybones | Goats | The Toaster Song | Hello Hi Hey | Thingamajig | Jolly Yuletide | The Pliffploff | Bubbles | Distraction | Little Lions | The Little Green Owl | Pannas Owen | Seize The Day | Music in the Air | Pocket Hedgehogs | Dust | Lillilu | Lost in a Good Book | Quiet Please | Ffaldiral | Melting 😅 | That's When We'll Do That Thing | As Easy As | What Did I Come In Here For? | Upside Down | Thoir An Aire! | Ho Ha Hey | Patience | Time | Farewell | Stuff and Nonsense | Ruith Air Falbh / Run Away! | The Other Side | Colourless Green Ideas | Noodling | Off To Sea | Cats & Dogs | Terms & Conditions | Llamas in Pyjamas | What Are You Waiting For? | Mind The Gap | Pie In The Sky
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