Lyr Req: I Remember It Well (Lerner, Lowe)

Subject: Oh yes I remember it well
From: Dave
Date: 27 Jan 99 - 07:17 AM

Not Blues or Folk I'm afraid but that great number from 'Gigi'sung by Maurice Chavale(sp?) & Hermoinie Guilgood (sp?). Anyone have the words - good fun .

Subject: RE: Oh yes I remember it well
From: Dave
Date: 27 Jan 99 - 07:22 AM

Maurice Chevalier & Hermione Gingold

Subject: RE: Oh yes I remember it well
From: The Shambles
Date: 27 Jan 99 - 12:50 PM

Oh yes I remember it well ERRR? I did know it I'm sure, but Errr? How does it go now?

Am I getting old?

Subject: Lyr Add: I REMEMBER IT WELL (Lerner, Lowe)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 27 Jan 99 - 03:20 PM

Ah, yes! One of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite musicals. It's really a sweet song.
...but it sure was a bear to type.
-Joe Offer-

I REMEMBER IT WELL
(from the Broadway MusicalGigi)
words: Alan Jay Lerner
music: Frederic Lowe
©1957 & 1958 by Chappell & Co., Inc.

We met at nine.
We met at eight.
I was on time.
No, you were late.
Ah, yes! I remember it well.

We dined with friends.
We dined alone.
A tenor sang.
A baritone.
Ah, yes! I remember it well.

That dazzling April moon!
There was none that night.
And the month was June.
That's right! That's right!

It warms my heart
To know that you
Remember still
The way you do.
Ah, yes! I remember it well.

How often I've thought of that Friday—
--Monday
…night.
When we had our last rendezvous.
And somehow I've foolishly wondered if you might
By some chance be thinking of it too.

That carriage ride…
You walked me home.
You lost a glove.
I lost a comb.
Ah, yes! I remember it well.

That brilliant sky.
We had some rain.
Those Russian songs.
From sunny Spain.
Ah, yes! I remember it well.

You wore a crown of gold.
I was all in blue.
Am I getting old?
Oh, no! Not you!
How strong you were,
How young and gay;
A prince of love
In every way.
Ah, yes! I remember it well.

Subject: RE: Oh yes I remember it well
From: Dave
Date: 28 Jan 99 - 08:55 AM

To Joe Offer: Many thanks for the words I shall remember you well whenever i hear it

Subject: RE: Oh yes I remember it well
From: Joe Offer
Date: 28 Jan 99 - 03:09 PM

I did make one semi-mistake - the film came first - 1957/58. The Broadway musical came later, 1974. This song in the film is Chevalier at his best. The Broadway cast recording is OK, but not a classic.
-Joe Offer-

Subject: RE: Oh yes I remember it well
From: Mo
Date: 28 Jan 99 - 06:45 PM

Joe - are you sure it's a "crown" of gold ? Might it be "gown"? It would make more sense given the following line.

Mo

Subject: RE: Oh yes I remember it well
From: Peter T.
Date: 29 Jan 99 - 10:08 AM

Dear Joe, Thanks for the effort -- brought back memories (am I getting old...) -- but you aren't going back far enough. The original, from a story by Colette, was a Broadway play (before it was a musical) in about 1950, that starred a complete unknown named Audrey Hepburn.

Yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Oh yes I remember it well
From: Ronn
Date: 01 Feb 99 - 10:43 AM

Maurice Chevalier and Sophie Tucker performed this song together (supposedly their only joint appearance) on the Ed Sullivan Show, probably in the fifties. It might be available on one of those "Best of Sullivan"-type videos that have come on the market in the last few years.

Subject: RE: Oh yes I remember it well
From: Joe Offer
Date: 01 Feb 99 - 06:18 PM

Peter T. - Of course, I'm right. The song wasn't a song until the play became a movie musical - or was it? Did the original stage play have a dialogue like that?
-Joe Offer-