DEARIE
(Bob Hilliard / Dave Mann)

Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae (with Paul Weston & his Orchestra)

Also recorded by: 
Ray Bolger; Bing Crosby; Lisa Kirk; 
Guy Lombardo; Mary Martin; Ethel Merman.



(Both)
Dearie, do you remember when we

(Jo)
Waltzed to the Sousa band
My wasn't the music grand

(Both)
Chowder parties down by the seashore
Every Fourth of July, test your memory
My Dearie

(Jo)
Do you recall when Henry Ford couldn't even fix
The running board under a Chandler six

(Both)
Dearie, life was cheery
In the good old days gone by

(Jo)
Do you remember?

(Gordon)
Uh huh!

(Jo)
Well if you remember

(Gordon)
Wonderful!

(Jo)
Well Dearie, you're much older than I

(Gordon)
What? Hey, wait a minute, Honey, I just got a long memory that's all.

(Both)
Dearie, do you remember when we

(Gordon)
Stayed up all night to get
Pittsburgh on a crystal set

(Both)
Keystone movies, Coogan and Chaplin
Made you laugh and then cry

(Gordon)
Test your memory, my Dearie
Do you recall when Orville Wright flew at Kittyhawk
But take it from me I would rather walk

(Both)
Dearie, life was cheery
In the good old days gone by
Do you remember

(Jo)
Uh huh!

(Gordon)
Well if you remember

(Jo)
Well?

(Gordon)
Well, Dearie, you're much older than I

(Jo)
Ha Ha! I'll kill you

(Both)
Dearie, do you remember how they

(Gordon)
Loved Harry Lauder's act

(Jo)
My wasn't the Palace packed

(Both)
Jenny Lind presented by Barnum
Sang her sweet lullaby
Test your memory my Dearie,

(Jo)
Chicago all in flames
Sure caused a terrific row

(Gordon)
They blamed it on Mrs. O'Leary's cow

(Both)
Dearie, life was cheery
In the good old days gone by
Do you remember? Well if you remember,
Well, Dearie, you're much older than,
Quite a bit older than,
You're older than I.


(Contributed by Bill Huntley - January 2005)