A popular song from 1933.
Words by Al. Dubin.
Music by Harry Warren.
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
I don’t know if I deserve a bit of sympathy
Save your sympathy, that’s all right with me
I was satisfied to drift along from day to day
Till you came and took my man away
Refrain
Remember my forgotten man
You put a rifle in his hand
You sent him far away
You shouted: “Hip-hooray!”
But look at him today
Remember my forgotten man
You had him cultivate the land
He walked behind a plow
The sweat fell from his brow
But look at him right now
And once, he used to love me
I was happy then
He used to take care of me
Won’t you bring him back again?
‘Cause ever since the world began
A woman’s got to have a man
Forgetting him, you see
Means you’re forgetting me
Like my forgotten man
Vocal by Fred Feild, video by Vancha March: