<P> `` I 've Got The World on a String '' is a 1932 popular jazz song composed by Harold Arlen , with lyrics written by Ted Koehler . It was written for the twenty - first edition of the Cotton Club series which opened on October 23 , 1932 , the first of the Cotton Club Parades . </P>
<P> `` I 've Got The World on a String '' is a 1932 popular jazz song composed by Harold Arlen , with lyrics written by Ted Koehler . It was written for the twenty - first edition of the Cotton Club series which opened on October 23 , 1932 , the first of the Cotton Club Parades . </P>
who wrote the song i 've got the world on a string
who wrote the song i 've got the world on a string
Ted Koehler
Ted Koehler