What a Wonderful World - for Storytellers

What a Wonderful World
George David Weiss and Robert Thiele, ©1967
Additional words: Sandy Schuman

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
They're really saying I love you.

I hear babies crying, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more than I'll ever know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world.

Additional words

I hear sagas of old, adventures of new,
Legends and folklore, tall tales and true,
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

Tellers and listeners, youngsters and old,
Victims and villains and heroes so bold.
And I think to myself what a wonderful world

Everything in this story is true, so they say
Some of it actually happened that way.
So, we’ll tell all the stories, retell them and then
Listen anew, find what’s true once again.

I hear sagas of old, adventures of new,
Legends and folklore, tall tales and true,
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.
Yes, I think to myself what a wonderful world.