<Tr> <Th> Published </Th> <Td> 1951 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Songwriter (s) </Th> <Td> Oscar Hammerstein II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Composer (s) </Th> <Td> Richard Rodgers </Td> </Tr> <P> "I Whistle a Happy Tune" is a show tune from the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The King and I. It is sung by the Governess Anna Leonowens (played by Gertrude Lawrence) 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 . </P>

The king and i i whistle a happy tune