YOU WILL REMEMBER VIENNA
L. Oscar Hammerstein II,
M. Sigmund Romberg
As recorded by:
Orpheus Dance Band, Dir. John Firman
V. Maurice Elwin
Recorded January 1931
Also recorded by:
Richard Crooks (Verse)
Regent Club Orchestra
Elizabeth Warner (Mezzo-Soprano) (Verse)
Mantovani
Gerald Adams (1931) (Verse)
Catharyn Layton (Soprano) (Verse)
Layton & Johnstone
Maria Russo (Soprano) (Verse)
Harry Sosnik & His Orchestra, V. Hildegarde. (Verse)
Rosemary Clooney
Leo Riesman & His Orchestra
Helen Traubel
Joseph Seal
Verse (Not used in John Firman version)
A place for life to ebb and flow
A place for love to live and grow
Vienna is her name
A fairy land of fame
When once you’ve heard her laughter gay
You’ll weep when you are far away
A thousand memories call you back
For one more day.
As the years roll on
After youth has gone
You will remember Vienna
Nights that were happy and hearts that were free
All joined in singing a sweet melody
When your race is run
Whether lost or won
You will remember Vienna
You will recall evenings in May
Sweethearts who came and vanished away
Whence did they come, where did they go
Vienna will never let you know.
(Transcribed from John Wright’s 78 RPM Record Collection
by Bill Huntley - January 2015)