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Artist: Shirley Temple
Canonical path: /shirley-temple/you-gotta-s-m-i-l-e-to-be-h-a-p-p-y
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You gotta s-m-i-l-e to be h-a-p-p-y
Read You gotta s-m-i-l-e to be h-a-p-p-y lyrics by Shirley Temple on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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You gotta s-m-i-l-e to be h-a-p-p-y
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If something may upset you
Don't ever let it get you down
Don't wear a frown
If fortune should forsake you
Don't ever let it make you sigh
Keep shooting high.
Be a crooner, not a groaner, never kick
Here's a spelling lesson that will do the trick
You've got to S-M-I-L-E
To be H-A-Double-P-Y
Keep it in mind when you're blue
It's easy to spell and just as easy to do
You gotta S-M-I-L-E
It's gonna help considerably.
Just keep your chin up and give it a try
And you'll find silver lined clouds in the sky
You've gotta S-M-I-L-E
To be H-A-Double-P-Y
Ladies and gentlemen, just for fun
I'd like to sing this song again
The way it would be done, by...
Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor, and last but not least
That swingable pair: Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire
You've gotta S-M-I-L-E, Oh like the birdies,
Birdies birdies up in the trees..
Pretty flowers, April showers, my Mammy
Life is divine at a quarter to nine
You've simply gotta S-M-I-L-E
'Cause Potatoes are cheaper you see
I won't spend a nickel
I won't spend a sou
I just want to spend one hour with you
(kiss)(kiss)(kiss) S-M-I-L-E
Parkyakarkus with Ida, Mammy!
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Who performs "You gotta s-m-i-l-e to be h-a-p-p-y"?
Shirley Temple performs "You gotta s-m-i-l-e to be h-a-p-p-y", and this lyric page sits inside the Shirley Temple catalog on LyroVerse.
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