Memories (1915 song)
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"Memories" is a popular
song
with music by Egbert Van Alstyne
and lyrics by Gus Kahn
, published in 1915
.
The song has become a pop
standard, recorded by many people over the years. John Barnes Wells may have made the first recording in 1916. Henry Burr also did a recording in 1916, as Harry McClaskey. The 1940 motion picture "It All Came True" featured a version by the Lady Killers Quartet.
Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1947 and George Morgan recorded the song in 1957.
Progressive rock group Phish encored with this song 47 times throughout their illustrious career, often without the use of microphones to keep it in traditional settings.
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
song
Song
In music, a song is a composition for voice or voices, performed by singing.A song may be accompanied by musical instruments, or it may be unaccompanied, as in the case of a cappella songs...
with music by Egbert Van Alstyne
Egbert Van Alstyne
Egbert Anson Van Alstyne was a United States songwriter and pianist. Van Alstyne was the composer of a number of popular and ragtime tunes from the early 20th century.He was born in Marengo, Illinois...
and lyrics by Gus Kahn
Gus Kahn
Gustav Gerson Kahn was a musician, songwriter and lyricist.-Biography:Kahn was born in Koblenz, Germany in 1886. The family emigrated from there to the United States and moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1890...
, published in 1915
1915 in music
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.
The song has become a pop
Popular music
Popular music belongs to any of a number of musical genres "having wide appeal" and is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional music, which are typically disseminated academically or orally to smaller, local...
standard, recorded by many people over the years. John Barnes Wells may have made the first recording in 1916. Henry Burr also did a recording in 1916, as Harry McClaskey. The 1940 motion picture "It All Came True" featured a version by the Lady Killers Quartet.
Bing Crosby recorded the song in 1947 and George Morgan recorded the song in 1957.
Progressive rock group Phish encored with this song 47 times throughout their illustrious career, often without the use of microphones to keep it in traditional settings.
Lyrics
(Egbert Van Alstyne /Gus Kahn)- Round me at twilight come stealing
- Shadows of days that are gone
- Dreams of the old days revealing
- Mem'ries of love's golden dawn
- Memories, memories
- Dreams of love so true
- O'er the sea of memory
- I'm drifting back to you
- Childhood days, wild wood days
- Among the birds and bees
- You left me alone, but still you're my own
- In my beautiful memories
- Sunlight may teach me forgetting
- Noonlight brings thoughts that are new
- Twilight brings sighs and regretting
- Moonlight means sweet dreams of you
- Memories, memories
- Dreams of love so true
- O'er the sea of memory
- I'm drifting back to you
- Childhood days, wild wood days
- Among the birds and bees
- You left me alone, but still you're my own
- In my beautiful memories