CAN I FORGET YOU
from "High, Wide And Handsome" 1937 film sung by Irene Dunne
Jerome Kern (m) Oscar Hammerstein III (l)  1937

also recorded by -
Vincent Lopez & his Orchestra '37
Richard Tauber with Orchestra conducted by Walter Goehr '37
The Light Blues '84
Bing Crosby
Andy Williams


Soon you leave me,
This last night flying,
Pale stars are weeping,
Sad breezes sigh.

When you leave me,
Can love end with trying?
Can love so living,
So quickly die?

Refrain:

Can I forget you?
Or will my heart remind me,
That once we walked in a moonlight dream?

Can I forget you,
Or will my heart remind me,
How sweet you made the moonlight seem.

Will the glory of your nearness fade,
As moonlight fades in a veil of rain?

Can I forget you,
When every night reminds me,
How much I want you back again.

(repeat refrain)



(Contributed by Carlene - June 2004)


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CAN I FORGET YOU (Arthur Tracy)


as recorded by Arthur Tracy  1930's


Can I forget you,
When every night reminds me
How much I want you back again?

Soon you leave me, this last night is flying,
Pale stars are weeping, sad breezes sigh.
When you leave me, can love end with trying?
Can love so living so quickly die?

Can I forget you,
Or will my heart remind me
That once we walked in a moonlit dream?
Can I forget you,
Or will my heart remind me,
How sweet you made the moonlight seem?

Will the glory of your nearness
Fade as moonlight fades in a veil of rain?
Can I forget you,
When every night reminds me
How much I want you back again?



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - February 2013)