Remember Me?

Written for: Mr. Dodd Takes The Air (1937)
Performer: Kenny Baker
Lyric: Al Dubin
Additional British lyric: Charles Dunn
Music: Harry Warren
Year: 1937
Original publisher: M. Witmark & Sons

Verse 1:

Here's a song that I've created,
Nothing too sophisticated,
It's a theme that ev'rybody knows;
Not a hilly-billy ballad
Full of sentimental salad,
Though you'll think it silly, I suppose;
My own refrain,
Child of my brain;
And my song is dedicated
To the people who are mated,
Listen now for here is how it goes;

Chorus 1:

Do you remember one September afternoon,
I stood with you and listened to a wedding tune;
And didn't I go with you on your honeymoon?
Remember me?
Do you recall a cottage small upon a hill,
Where ev'ry day I had to pay another bill?
And if I'm not mistaken, dear, I pay them still,
Remember me?
I can see that little angel on your knee,
Can't you see, he kinda sorta looks like me;
For I'm the boy whose only joy is loving you,
Who worries till he hurries home when day is through;
And I'm the guy you give your goodnight kisses to,
Remember me?

Chorus 2:

Do you remember one September afternoon,
I stood with you and listened to a wedding tune,
And didn't I go with you on your honeymoon?
Remember me?
Do you recall a cottage small upon a hill,
Where ev'ry day I had to pay another bill?
And if I'm not mistaken, dear, I pay them still,
Remember me?
Won't you try to recognize me now and then?
Why must I identify myself again?
For I'm the chap who has the key to your front door,
The boy who runs your errands to the groc'ry store;
And I'm the guy you cook the breakfast coffee for,
Remember me?

Tag (optional):

I'm the only husband that you're married to,
And I should look a little familiar to you,
Remember me?

Verse 2 (from British sheet music):

I could make a song in swingtime,
Of September and springtime,
You can be assured it would be bright.
And in complicated meter,
Prove I was no lyric cheater,
But a shining literary light.
No, I refuse
To gild the muse.
I don't want to be pedantic,
I'd much rather be romantic,
And awake a love to make it right.

[Choruses]