gleesome vs happy as a lark

gleesome

adj
  • Characterised or marked by glee; gleeful; joyous. 

happy as a lark

adj
  • Very happy (sometimes with the extra connotations of being carefree or unaware of grimmer realities). 

How often have the words gleesome and happy as a lark occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )