REMEMBER MY FORGOTTEN MAN
Words by Al Dubin, music by Harry Warren, ©1933.
From the film "Gold Diggers of 1933"
As recorded by Joan Blondell.

CHORUS: Remember my forgotten man?
You put a rifle in his hand.
You sent him far away.
You shouted: "Hip hooray!"
But look at him today.

Remember my forgotten man?
You had him cultivate the land.
He walked behind a plow.
The sweat fell from his brow,
But look at him right now.

And once he used to love me.
I was happy then.
He used to take care of me.
Would you bring him back again?

'Cause ever since the world began,
A woman's got to have a man.
Forgetting him, you see,
Means you're forgetting me,
Like my forgotten man.


[The following lyrics came from an online website but they are not on the above recording.]

VERSE: I don't know if I deserve a bit of sympathy.
Save your sympathy.
That's all right with me.
I was satisfied to drift along from day to day,
'Til you came and took my man away.


[There is a French version of this song titled "Qu'avez-vous fait de mon amant?" with lyrics by Marcel Duhamel.]