title: Love Is Sweeping the Country
text: # Love Is Sweeping the Country
  
  "Love Is Sweeping the Country" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin. It was premiered by George Murphy and June O'Dea in the 1931 musical Of Thee I Sing.
  
  ## Notable recordings
  
  * Ella Fitzgerald – Ella Fitzgerald Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Song Book (1959)
  