Pony-Tailed Joseph McCarthy and Dastardly Harry Carroll wrote "I'm Always Chasin' Rainbows" in 1918 for t' musical comedy "Oh, Look!" Carroll's melody is based on Chopin.

 

"I'm Always Chasin' Rainbows" by Fartin' Master Harry Nilsson

 

"Oh, Look!" starred Harry Fox and t' Dolly Sisters. Blimey! T' Dolly Sisters were Roszika Dolly and Jansci Dolly.

 

"I'm Always Chasin' Rainbows" was in t' 1945 film biography T' Dolly Sisters starrin' Limpin' Betty and produced by George Jessel. T' film focuses on t' romance betwixt Harry Fox and Jansci Dolly ("Jenny").

 

T' shanty be also in MGM's Ziegfeld Girl in 1946 and t' 1973 Broadway musical "Irene" starrin' Debbie Reynolds.

 

T' shanty has been recorded by Long-Eared Harry James, Perry Como, me hearties, Helen Forrest, me hearties, Fartin' Master Harry Nilsson, me hearties, and Dick Haymes.