Que Sera, Sera lyrics

Lyrics to Que Sera, Sera, a song which will have you linking arms and swaying from side to side with your neighbours at the Oktoberfest

It’s got to be one of the most distinctive songs regularly played at the Oktoberfest. Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) was written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans all the way back in 1956 and introduced in the Hitchcock suspense film The Man Who Knew Too Much.
Doris Day, who starred in the film, made it her signature tune and the theme for her sitcom The Doris Day Show.
The title is actually a mistranslation from Spanish - meant to mean “What will be will be” but not actually making much sense in the language.
That said, the phrase has been around in English for hundreds of years as an expression of life’s fatalism.
doris-day-que-sera-seraThe future’s not ours to know, so just let it roll!
There is actually a German version called "Was kann schöner sein" - What could be more beautiful - but at the beer festivals they always play it in English.
’re there.
Keep in mind that even though it may still be light outside, the people standing on the benches swaying along to this song have been drinking massive glasses of beautiful German beer for hours and are probably a bit emotional by now.

Lyrics to Que Sera, Sera

When I was just a little girl
I asked my mother
What will I be
Will I be pretty
Will I be rich
Here's what she said to me

Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
What will be, will be

When I grew up and fell in love
I asked my sweetheart
What lies ahead
Will we have rainbows
Day after day
Here's what my sweetheart said

Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
What will be, will be

Now I have children of my own
They ask their mother
What will I be
Will I be handsome
Will I be rich
I tell them tenderly

Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be
The future's not ours to see
Que sera, sera
What will be, will be
Que sera, sera

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