I don't know when I first heard "Happy days are here again", this Jack Yellen (words) and
Milton Ager (music) ditty is another sentimental song from the 1920's that belongs to my childhood. I well recollect seeing Ralf Reader's "Gang Show" (an annual get together of the Boy Scout movement) on BBC television in the mid-1950's. The version I sing can be found in
101 Pub Favourites for Buskers.
With this song, my recorder and folk-music worlds overlap as I have played
Happy Days Are Here Again on bass recorder quite a lot with
Blue Tuesday.