Song lyrics to Hallelujah (1927), Music by Vincent Youmans, Lyrics by Leo Robin and Clifford Grey, performed in Hit the Deck
Sing Hallelujah, Hallelujah
And you’ll shoo the blues away
Cares pursue ya, Hallelujah!
Gets you through the darkest day
Satan lies a-waitin’
And creatin’ skies of gray
But Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Helps to shoo the clouds away
I recall in Times when I was small in
Light and free Jubilee days
In that sunny land of milk and honey
I had no complaints while I thought of saints
So I say to all who fearful are
Sing Hallelujah Hallelujah!
And you’ll shoo the blues away
When cares pursue ya, Hallelujah!
Gets you through the darkest day
Satan lies a-waitin’
And creatin’ skies of gray
But Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Helps to shoo the clouds away
Up at dawn and hit the deck
Put out your chest and straighten your neck
Gotta be clean without a speck
Tonight the admiral’s comin’ to check
Here this! Here that!
Shine your shoes and square your hat
They’ll give ‘ya the boot if ‘ya don’t salute
Hup one two!
Satan lies a-waitin’
And creatin’ skies of gray
But Hallelujah, sing Hallelujah
Helps to shoo the clouds away
Sing Hallelujah