Then You'll Remember Me

DESCRIPTION: "When other lips and other hearts Their tales of love shall tell, In language whose excess imparts The power they love so well," perhaps there will come a reminder: "And you'll remember me." In hard times too, then "You'll remember me."
AUTHOR: Words: Alfred Bunn / Music: Michael William Balfe (source: Wikipedia)
EARLIEST DATE: 1843 (opera "The Bohemian Girl")
KEYWORDS: love abandonment nonballad
FOUND IN: US(So)
REFERENCES (5 citations):
Heart-Songs, pp. 52-53, "Then You'll Remember Me" (1 text, 1 tune)
Hylands-Mammoth-Hibernian-Songster, p. 125, "You'll Remember Me" (1 text)
Solomon-ZickaryZan, p. 127, "(When other lips and other hearts)" (1 text)
CatherineHayesSwanOfErinSongster, pp. 17-18, "Then You'll Remember Me" (1 text)
Dime-Song-Book #14, pp. 42-43, "Den You'll Remember Me" (1 text, in heavy minstrel dialect)
Roud #13830
BROADSIDES:
Bodleian, Johnson Ballads 520, "And You'll Remember Me," E. M. A. Hodges (London), 1844-1845; also Harding B 11(63), "And You'll Remember Me," (Ryle and Paul, London), 1838-1859; also Harding B 11(1695), "You'll Remember Me," J. Harkness (Preston), 1840-1866; Harding B 11(4352), Harding B 11(4353), "You'll Remember Me," H. Such (London), 1849-1862; also Harding B 11(62), "And You'll Remember Me," A. Ryle and Co. (London), 1846-1859; also Harding B 18(512), "You'll Remember Me," C. Magnus (New York), c. 1860; also Firth b.25(184)=Harding B 11(251), "You'll Remember Me," H. Disley (London), 1860-1883; also Firth b.25(420)=Harding B 11(4005)=Johnson Ballads 3345, "Then You'll Remember Me," G. Henson (Northampton), n.d.; also 2806 d.31(45)=Harding B 11(4006), "Then You'll Remember Me," unkown, n.d.; Firth b.25(82), "Then You'll Remember Me," M. Carroll (Birmingham), n.d.; Harding B 13(256)=Harding B 13(257), "You'll Remember Me," unknown, n.d.;
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "I Dreamt That I Dwelt in Marble Halls" (another semi-traditional song from "The Bohemian Girl")
NOTES [82 words]: One of the rare songs from an opera to have made its way into the popular press, and perhaps into tradition. Certainly, if any traditional singer wanted to perform it, the lyrics would have been easy to find.
The Solomon-ZickaryZan text is from an autograph album from the family of Kate, Ella, Lucy, Maggie, and Bessie Burton, compiled 1895-1905. Most autograph album verses were composed for the (small) format; this is an interesting example, because it looks as if it's from tradition. - RBW
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