THANKS FOR THE MEMORY
(Ralph Rainger / Leo Robin)

Recorded by:
The Cliff Adams Singers; Alyn Ainsworth; Ray Anthony; 
Mildred Bailey; Bruno Bertone Orch.; Joyce Breach;
Ronnell Bright; Frank Chacksfield & his Orch.;
Serge Chaloff; Charlie & his Orch.; Grant P. Chilcott;
Cincinnati Pops Orch.; Rosemary Clooney; Ray Conniff;
Bing Crosby; Leonard Feather All Stars; Michael Feinstein;
Shep Fields & his Rippling Rhythm Orch.; Eddie Fisher;
Ella Fitzgerald; Roy Fox; Judy Garland; Erroll Garner;
Stan Getz; Benny Goodman; Bob Hope; Peter Howard;
Dick Hyman; Gordon Jenkins; Greta Keller; Stacey Kent;
Rebecca Kilgore; Lee Konitz; Dorothy Lamour; 
Gordon Langford; Turner Leyton; Ramsey Lewis; Dave McKay;
Henry Mancini; Susannah McCorckle; Dave McKenna; 
Eddie Myers; Toots Mondello; Vaughn Monroe; Gary Nichols;
Harry Nillson; Anita O'Day; Dave Pell Oscar Pettiford;
The Platters; Tommy Reilly; Shirley Ross; 
The Sentimental Strings; Bud Shank; Frank Sinatra; Slade; 
The Starlite Orch.; K.T. Sullivan; Maxine Sullivan; 
Dave Van Ronk; Sarah Vaughan; Weather Report; 
Teddy Wilson; Women's Chorus of Dallas; Dempsey Wright; 
Trummy Young.


Thanks for the memory
Of sentimental verse,
Nothing in my purse,
And chuckles
When the preacher said
For better or for worse,
How lovely it was.

Thanks for the memory
Of Schubert's Serenade,
Little things of jade
And traffic jams
And anagrams
And bills we never paid,
How lovely it was.

We who could laugh over big things
Were parted by only a slight thing.
I wonder if we did the right thing,
Oh, well, that's life, I guess,
I love your dress.

Thanks for the memory
Of faults that you forgave,
Of rainbows on a wave,
And stockings in the basin
When a fellow needs a shave,
Thank you so much.

Thanks for the memory
Of tinkling temple bells,
Alma mater yells
And Cuban rum
And towels from
The very best hotels,
Oh how lovely it was.

Thanks for the memory
Of cushions on the floor,
Hash with Dinty Moore,
That pair of gay pajamas
That you bought
And never wore.

We said goodbye with a highball,
Then I got as high as a steeple,
But we were intelligent people,
No tears, no fuss,
Hooray for us.

Strictly entire nous,
Darling, how are you?
And how are all
Those little dreams
That never did come true?

Awfully glad I met you,
Cheerio and toodle-oo
Thank you,
Thank you so much.