Whistling Away The Dark （暗闇にさようなら）
Written by John H. Mercer/ Henry Mancini
収録アルバム Darling Lili
Original Soundtrack
(1970) 2000,RCA
ジュリー・アンドリュース主演の映画「暁の出撃」( 1970年米)の挿入歌。
タイトルのwhistling in the darとは慣用句で，〈whistling in the dark : （こわさをごまかすため）暗闇で口笛を吹く；危機に臨んで平静を装う。；あてずっぽうを言う。〉などとあり，映画の内容からすると２番目の意味を当てているのかもしれません。
和訳が次に見つかりました。
http://homepage2.nifty.com/jazzsong/Song217.html
Often I think this sad, old world
Is whistling in the dark
Just like a child, who, late from school
Walks bravely home through the park
To keep their spirits soaring
And keep the night at bay
Neither quite knowing which way they are going
They sing the shadows away
Often I think my poor, old heart
Has given up for good
And then I see a brave new face
I glimpse some new neighborhood
So walk me back home, my darling
Tell me dreams really come true
Whistling, whistling, here in the dark with you
Whistling, whistling, here in the dark with you
Julia Elizabeth Wells(1935,10,01-) England
