Lyr Add: When I Grow Too Old to Dream (Hammerstein

Subject: words to too old to dream?
From:
Date: 18 Aug 99 - 11:18 PM

does anyone know the words to or the composer of 'too old to dream"? it goes something like this - fragment - " when I grow too old to dream, I'll have you to remember, when I grow too old to dream your love will live in my heart. So kiss me my sweet, then let us part, for when I grow too old to dream your love will live in my heart. "

thanks - pb

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: words to too old to dream?
From: Rick Fielding
Date: 19 Aug 99 - 12:43 AM

It's by Sigmund Romberg. I've been singing (Riley Puckett's version) exactly those words for 30 years, although there may be more.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: words to too old to dream?
From: Roger the zimmer
Date: 19 Aug 99 - 04:05 AM

..who can forget Dr Frankenstein's version:
When you grow too old to scream, I'll have you to dismember...! (I don't think there was any more, you'll be pleased to hear!)

Subject: Lyr Add: WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM)
From:
Date: 24 Aug 99 - 11:58 PM

Thanks for Sigmund Romberg. I actually found more lyrics and am stuck not knowing the music for the intro ... guess I’ll try to find a recording.

Here they are:

WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Sigmund Romberg

We have been gay, going our way
Life has been beautiful, we have been young
After you've gone, life will go on
Like an old song we have sung

When I grow too old to dream
I'll have you to remember
When I grow too old to dream
Your love will live in my heart

So, kiss me my sweet
And so let us part
And when I grow too old to dream
That kiss will live in my heart
And when I grow too old to dream
That kiss will live in my heart

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From the 1935 movie, The Night Is Young, starring Ramon Novarro and Evelyn Laye.

Subject: ADD: The Last Song (Too Old to Dream)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 27 Nov 19 - 04:28 PM

THE LAST SONG
(tune: When I Grow Too Old to Dream)

When we grow too old to sing, We’ll have these songs to remember.
When we grow too old to sing These songs will live in our hearts.
So finish this song, And then let us part;
And when we all grow old and dream,
This night will live in our hearts.


Source: from the Australian Senior Scout Song Book, compliments of Sandra in Sydney.

Subject: RE: ADD: When I Grow Too Old to Dream (Hammerstein)
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 27 Nov 19 - 04:49 PM

Somebody said they wanted recordings?

Doris Day !!

Subject: RE: ADD: When I Grow Too Old to Dream (Hammerstein)
From: GUEST,DaveA
Date: 27 Nov 19 - 06:46 PM

There is a moving version of this in the film of Sigmund Romberg's life "Deep in my Heart" sung by Jose Ferrar (as Romberg) near the end of the film.

Pure schmaltz but moving all the same.

Subject: RE: ADD: When I Grow Too Old to Dream (Hammerstein)
From: GUEST,keberoxu
Date: 27 Nov 19 - 07:14 PM

It was written to be sung by a legendary English musical-comedy star
named Evelyn Laye,
not well known in the USA.

Vera Lynn recorded the song as well.

Subject: RE: ADD: When I Grow Too Old to Dream (Hammerstein)
From: GUEST,Starship
Date: 30 Nov 19 - 01:52 PM

WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM
Words by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Sigmund Romberg posted '24 Aug 99 - 11:58 PM'

No mention that Evelyn Laye wrote it, unless I'm lost and you're on regarding another song. ????

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The song was written for Evelyn Laye, who starred in the 1935 movie and sang the song in it. -Joe-

Subject: RE: ADD: When I Grow Too Old to Dream (Hammerstein)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 30 Nov 19 - 03:47 PM

Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960) wrote lyrics for a number of composers before he teamed with Richard Rogers in 1943. He teamed with composer Jerome Kern to write Show Boat in 1927, and he and Kern did a number of other productions. I suppose his most famous collaboration with Sigmund Romberg was The Desert Song, 1926. My dad used to sing "Stout-Hearted Men" from the Romberg-Hammerstein operetta The New Moon. Dad sang it in tandem with "The Marine Hymn," so I assumed for years that it was a song of the U.S. Marines.
Hammerstein's lyrics often explored social justice issues. Show Boat explored the issue of interracial marriage way back in 1927. South Pacific hit the topic of racism much harder in 1949. Carousel explored the issue of spousal abuse.
-Joe-

Subject: RE: ADD: When I Grow Too Old to Dream (Hammerstein)
From: GUEST,Starship
Date: 01 Dec 19 - 08:03 AM

Thank you, Joe. I was confused, my apologies.

Subject: RE: ADD: When I Grow Too Old to Dream (Hammerstein)
From: BTMP
Date: 02 Dec 19 - 12:55 PM

There is a beautiful version of this song by Jethro Burns and Red Rector, a mandolin duet.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zInEBqhIPqI