Blue Skies (Irving Berlin song)

"Blue Skies"
Sheet music cover, 1926
Song
Published	1926 by Irving Berlin, Inc.
Songwriter(s)	Irving Berlin

"Blue Skies" is a popular song, written by Irving Berlin in 1926.

"Blue Skies" is one of many popular songs whose lyrics use a "bluebird of happiness" as a symbol of cheer: "Bluebirds singing a song/Nothing but bluebirds all day long." The sunny optimism of the lyrics are undercut by the minor key giving the words an ironic feeling.

Thelonious Monk's 1947 composition "In Walked Bud" is based on the chord changes to "Blue Skies."