Ite - oe Felix Bernard, who wrote the melody of “Winter Wonderland,” is xe also credited as a composer of "Dardanella,” a big hit of 1919. ue “Dordanella” had supposedly originated as a piano rag by Johnay ale e. S. Black (who also wrote “Paper Dol”), with lyrics by Fred Fisher. ee Anter” However, when Bernard, a vaudeville performer, produced ev oe dence that he had written the basic melody and had given it to Johnny Black, Fisher paid him $100 for his interest in the piece. O. erian Then, when the song became a tremendous hit, Berard sued Fisher, claiming he had been duped. Bernard lost the suit but in eK te 1984 came up with a much better annuity in “Winter Wonderland,” up * 7, apiece tat splayed regularly every Christmas while “Dardanla? . a ake. ¢ has been reduced to a nostalgic novelty tune. & PD Words by Dick Smith Music by Felix Bernard ‘Moderately, with humor rile Sleigh bells| ring; = Are you] lis-t'nin'? Inthe | lane rf glis -t'nin’, A | beau- ti - ful sight, we're | hap-py to - night yt tT t pf e «©? pr & D9 GT FEA. ee Fe xc. FRR Walk -in' in a win-ter won-der-| land! i Fe eae : SoG7 blue - bird, sings a love song_ as |we go a-long_ Walk-in’ in a win-ter won-der- pF oR Tp pe ce E BO = te ay moO In the mead-ow we can build a | snow- man, rt. ‘Then pre-tend that he is Par-son| Brown;— |He'll say "Are you mar-ried?" We'll say AG Ag Dr G7 a nc TA xc. Fr r But | you can do the job when you're in | town!" A a a we'll con-| spire As we |dream | To | face un - a - fraid_ the [plans that we made_ Walk-in’ in a win-ter won-der 4 land!