Transcription by Amanda K. Booher
Music from “Don’t Worry Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin (BLUE NOTE, 2005);

(0-0:28)
song begins: cheerful music with whistling

(0:28)
(singing)
Here’s a little song I wrote
You might want to sing it note for note
Don’t worry — Be happy

(0:43)
In every life we have some trouble
When you worry you make it doublt
Don’t worry — Be happy
(Spoken: Don’t worry, be happy now.)

(0:57)
(Single voice singing) Hooo oo oo hoo oo-oo hoo oo-oo-o-oo-o-ooo
(spoken) Don’t worry
(sung) Woo oo-o o oo-o-oo
(spoken) Be happy
(sung) Woo o-oo oo-ooo
(spoken) Don’t worry, be happy.

(1:10)
(Two voices in harmony, singing) ooo oo oo hoo oo-oo hoo oo-oo-o-oo-o-ooo
(spoken) Don’t worry
(sung) Woo oo-o o oo-o-oo
(spoken) Be happy
(sung) Woo o-oo oo-ooo
(spoken) Don’t worry, be happy.