I Whistle A Happy Tune

"I Whistle a Happy Tune" is a show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The King and I. It is sung by Anna Leonowens to her son Louis after the curtain rises on Act One of the musical, to persuade him not to be afraid as they arrive in Siam to serve the King.

Margaret Landon's Anna and the King of Siam
Characters
  • Anna Leonowens
  • Mongkut, King of Siam
  • Prince Chulalongkorn
  • Louis T. Leonowens
Films
  • Anna and the King of Siam (1946)
  • The King and I (1956)
  • The King and I (1999)
  • Anna and the King (1999)
TV
  • Anna and the King
Stage
  • The King and I (musical)
Music
  • "I Whistle a Happy Tune"
  • "Hello, Young Lovers"
  • "Getting to Know You"
  • "We Kiss in a Shadow"
  • "Something Wonderful"
  • "I Have Dreamed"

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