"How Are Things in Glocca Morra?" is a popular song about a fictional village in Ireland, with themes of nostalgia and homesickness. It was introduced by Ella Logan in the original 1947 Broadway production of Finian's Rainbow. Production The music was composed by Burton Lane and the lyrics were written by E.Y. Harburg. The song was published in 1946 and introduced in the 1947 musical Finian's Rainbow. There is no actual Glocca Morra in Ireland (). In a television interview late in his life, Harburg revealed that the name "Glocca Morra" was made up by composer Lane, who had devised a dummy lyric beginning with the line, "There's a glen in Glocca Morra". Harburg liked the name but insisted on changing the line to "How are things in Glocca Morra?" because this is personal and immediately evocative of nostalgia and homesickness. James Stephens' work The Crock of Gold (first published in 1912) refers to "the leprechauns of Gort na Cloca Mora" (an approximation of gort na clocha móra, "field of the big rocks" in Irish). It is unknown whether Lane or Harburg were aware of the novel or whether this is a coincidence. Other versions Many versions of this song were recorded in 1946 and 1947, including a version by Dick Haymes, recorded on December 29, 1946, and released by Decca Records as catalog number 23830. The record reached the Billboard chart on March 29, 1947, peaking at number 9, and spent five weeks on the chart. Other early versions included the Buddy Clark version, recorded on October 14, 1946, and released by Columbia Records as catalog number 37223. It spent eight weeks on the chart, peaking at number 6; the Ella Logan/Albert Sharpe version, recorded on April 3, 1947, and released by Columbia Records as catalog number MM 686 (the original cast album of the Broadway production); the Stuart Foster/Tommy Dorsey version, recorded on December 30, 1946, and released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-2122; the Martha Tilton version, recorded on November 25, 1946, and released by Capitol Records as catalog number 345; and the Harry Babbitt version recorded on January 20, 1947, and released by Mercury Records as catalog number 3056. In addition, legendary jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins recorded this tune for his Blue Note Records debut, Sonny Rollins, Volume One. In the publication Cash Box, which combined sales of all artists into a single position.