Here is the list of songs that was featured in the last paragraph of Chapter 10 of Happy Memories. I hope that it will remind older readers of songs they knew long ago and have forgotten.
My Favourite Songs
(Extra special songs are indicated by an asterisk.)
Aba Daba Honeymoon
* Absent Friends
A Bunch of Time
Accentuate the Positive
Accidents Will Happen
A Cottage for Sale
A Cup of Coffee, a Sandwich and You
A Daisy a Day
Adios Amigos
A Four-Legged Friend
Afraid to Dream
A Gordon For Me
A Gypsy Told Me
Ain’t We Got Fun?
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Alfie
A Life on the Ocean Wave
A Little Bit o’Tear Let Me Down
All Around my Hat
All the Way
All Things Bright and Beautiful
All Through the Night
Ally Ally O, The
A Long Time Ago
* Always
America I Love You
American Pie
* Among my Souvenirs
Amy, Wonderful Amy
And I Love You So
A Night for my Knight
A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
* Anniversary Song, The
Anniversary Waltz
Answer Me
Any Dream Will Do
Any Umbrellas
Appalachian Spring (Lord of the Dance)
* Apple Blossom Time
April in Portugal
April Love
April Showers
Are you listening, Billie Christie
* Are you Lonesome Tonight?
Around the World
Arrivederci Roma
Arti
Ash Grove, The
As Tears Go By
As Time Goes By
A Summer Place
* A Taste of Honey
A Tear Fell
At the Balalaika
A Tisket, a Tasket
Auf Wiedersehen Sweetheart
Auld Lang Syne
Avé Maria
A Voice in the Wilderness
Away Down to Lamorna
Away in a Manger
A World of our Own
Baa Baa Black Sheep
Bachelor Gay
Bambino
* Battle Hymn of the Republic
Battle of New Orleans
Be Careful, It’s My Heart
Beer Barrel Polka
Begin the Beguine
Bell, Bell, my Liberty Bell
Bell-bottomed Blues
Belle of the Ball
Bells of St Mary’s
Beloved Be Faithful
Be Nobody’s Darling but Mine
Bernadine
Best Things in Life are Free, The
Betty Grable
Beyond the Sea
Big Big Man
Big Grand Coulee Dam
Big Man
Billy Boy
Bimbo
Birth of the Blues
Black Hills of Dakota, The
Bless Them All
Blowing in the Wind
Blow the Man Down
Bluebell Polka
Blue Danube, The
Blue Tango
Bobby’s Girl
Bonny Blue Girl
Bonny Strathyre
Boulevard of Broken Dreams, The
Breaking up is Hard to Do
Breeze and I, The
Bright Eyes
Bring a Little Water, Sylvia
Bring Me Sunshine
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Brotherhood of Man
Brown Girl in the Ring
Buona Sera
Burlington Bertie
Buttons and Bows
But Where Are You?
* Bye Bye Blackbird
Bye Bye Love
By the Fireside
By the Light of the Silvery Moon
By the Rivers of Babylon
California, Here I Come
Calling All Workers
Canadian Pacific
Can Can
Can’t Take my Eyes off of You
Camelot
Carmen
Carnival is Over, The
Carnival of Venice
Car of Dreams
* Carolina
Carousel Waltz
* Catch a Falling Star
Change Partners
Charade
Cheek to Cheek
China Town
Christmas Alphabet
Cindy, O Cindy
Clementine
Climb Every Mountain
Cockles and Mussels
Cocktails for Two
Colonel Bogey
Colour my World
Come by the Hills
Come, Come, I Love You Only
Come to the Fair
Cookie
Cool Water
Copenhagen
Coronation Scot
Costa del Dorset
Coulter’s Candy
Country Gardens
* Count Your Blessings
Crazy Rhythm
Cricklewood
Cruising Down the River
Crying in the Rain
Cry of the Old Wild Goose
Cupie Doll
Cwm Rhondda
Da Doo Ron Ron
Daisy Bell
Dam Busters March, The
Dance, Ballerina, Dance
Dance in the Old-fashioned Way
Dancing in the Dark
Dancing on the Ceiling
Danny Boy
* Dark Moon
Dark Island
Darling Won’t You Make it Soon?
Davy Crocket
Day that the Circus Left Town, The
Day that the Rains Came Down, The
Deadwood Stage, The
Dear Hearts and Gentle People
Dear Old Pals
* Delilah
Devil’s Gallop
Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend
Diana
Ding Dong Merrily on High
Dirty Old Town
Distant Drums
Does your Chewing Gum Lose its Flavour
Dominique
Domino
Donald, Where’s Your Troosers
Don’t Dilly Dally on the Way
Don’t Fence Me In
Don’t Look So Sad
Don’t sit under the apple tree
Don’t you Rock me Daddy-o
Do or Die, or no the Reason Why
Dorset is Beautiful
Down at the Old Bull and Bush
Down by the Riverside
* Down in the Glen
Dream a Little Dream of Me
Dream, Dream, Dream
Dream Lover
* Drinking Song
Dusty Bluebells
D’ye Ken John Peel
Early One Morning
Easter Parade
Edelweiss
Eileen Oge
Elusive Butterfly
Enchanted Melody
Endless Sleep
End of the Road, The
Enjoy Yourself
Eternally
Eton Boat Song, The
Even Now
Evergreen
* Evermore
Every Little Movement
Everything’s in Rhythm with my Heart
Everything Stops for Tea
Exodus
Eye Level
Faraway Places
Fair Maid of Perth, The
* Falling in Love Again
Far Away
* Faraway Music
Far Off Place, The
Far Over the Waves
Feed the Birds
Fernando
Ferry-boat Inn, The
Fields of Gold
Fire Down Below
First Noel, The
First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, The
Floral Dance
Folks who Live on the Hill, The
Fools Rush In
For All We Know
For Ever and Ever
Forget Domani
Forgotten Dreams
For Me and My Girl
Freedom Come, Freedom Go
Freight Train
Friendly Persuasion
Friends and Neighbours
Friday Morning at Four O’clock
From This Moment On
Garden in the Rain
Garden of Eden
Genevieve, Sweet Genevieve
Genevieve (film tune)
Georgie Girl
Getting to Know You
Gigi
Gigolo and Gigolette
Girl Next Door, The
Girl that I Marry, The
Girls the Boys Dream About, The
Give Me the Simple Life
Give Her my Love
Give My Regards to Broadway
Glass-bottom Boat
Glory of Love, The
Glory to Father, Son and Holy Ghost
Glow-worm
Going Courting
Golden Glory
Golden Slippers
Golondrino, The
Gonna Build a Mountain
Goodbye Song, The
Goodbye, Farewell
Goodbye my Friends
Goodbye, Jimmy, Goodbye
Goodbye Trouble
Good King Wenceslas
Good Morning
Goodnight, Sweetheart
Goodnight Vienna
Go On By
Got the Sun in the Morning and the Moon at Night
Got to get along without you now
Granada
Grand Coolie Dam
Grandfather’s Clock
Grandfather’s Cottage, My
Green Door
Green Fields
Green Green Grass of Home
Green Leaves of Summer, The
Greensleeves
Grocer Jack
Gypsy Rover
Handful of Songs
Happiness
Happy Anniversary
Happy Birthday Sweet Sixteen
Happy Days and Lonely Nights
Happy Days are Here Again
Happy Wanderer, The
Harbour Lights
Harbour of my Heart
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Harry Lime Theme, The
Harvest Home
Have You ever been Lonely?
Have you ever Seen a Baby Show?
Hear That Train Blow
Heart Ache
Heartbreak Hotel
Heart of my Heart
Hearts and Flowers
Hello, Dolly
Hello, Mary Lou
Hello, Young Lovers
Here Come’s Summer
Here’s to the Next Time
Hernardo’s Hideaway
Hey There
* Hi Lili Hi Lo
Hillside in Scotland
Hills of Connemara
Hold Me in Your Arms
Homecoming, The
* Home in the Meadow
Home on the Range
Home, Sweet Home
Honey Bun
Honey-coloured Moon
Honey in the Morning
Hot Chocolate
Hot Diggity
Hound Dog
Housewive’s Choice signature tune
How About You
How Much is that Doggie in theWindow?
Humber Bridge Song
Hushaby Mountain
Hush, Little Baby, Don’t Say a Word
I belong to Glasgow
I Can’t Smile Without You
I Could have Danced all Night
Idle Days in Summer
* I Dreamed
If I had a Talking Picture of You
If I Ruled the World
I Found my Love in Avalon
If the Whole World Stopped Loving
If you ever go across the Sea to Ireland
If you Go Away
I Get a Kick out of You
I Get a Little Sentimental over You
I Got Plenty of Nothin’
I Just Want to Stay Here and Love You
I Know Where I’m Going
I Know Why and So Do You
I live in Trafalgar Square
I’ll Be Your Sweetheart
I’ld do Anything for You
I’ll be Seeing You
I’ll Follow my Secret Heart
I’ll Never Find Another You
I’ll See You Again
I’ll See You in my Dreams
I’ll Take Romance
I’ll tell me Ma
I Love a Lassie
I Love Paris
I Love You, Samantha
I Love You Still
I’m a Dreamer, Aren’t We All?
I’m Always Chasing Rainbows
I’m Biding My Time
I’m Blue Every Monday
I’m going to be a country girl again
I’m in a Dancing Mood
I’m in Love for the Very First Time
* I’m in Love with a Wonderful Guy
I’m not a Juvenile Delinquent
In a Shady Nook by a Babbling Brook
I never was loved by anyone else until I was loved by you
In Gilliegillie etc.
In His Hands
In Our Little Wooden Shoes
In the Bleak Midwinter
In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
In the Middle of an Island
In the Morning
I Only Have Eyes for You
* I Poured my Heart into a Song
I Remember it Well
I Remember Natalie
The Irish Washerwoman
* I See the Moon
I should have known you years ago
Island in the Sun
Island of Dreams
* Isle of Capri, The
Isn’t it Romantic?
Istanbul
I Talk to the Trees
It Doesn’t Matter any More
It Happened in Monterey
I Told Every Little Star
It’s a Great Big Shame
It’s Almost Tomorrow
It’s a Long Way to Tipperary
It’s a Lovely Day Today
It’s a Lovely Day Tomorrow
It’s been a Long, Long Time
It’s Impossible
It’s Magic
It’s Now or Never
It Was Mary
I’ve Got Sixpence
I’ve gotta get along without you now
I’ve Got You under my Skin
I’ve Grown Accustomed to her Face
I’ve Never Been in Love Before
I’ve Waited so Long
I Will Wait for You
I Wish I Was
I Wonder Why
Jerusalem
Jezebel
Jimmy Brown Song, The
Jim the Carter’s Lad
Jingle Bells
* Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet
Johnny Remember Me
Jolly Miller, The
Jubilee Jamboree Song
Juliette
June is Busting Out All Over
Just a Heartbreak Ago
Just One of Those Things
Just Out of Reach
Keep the Home Fires Burning
Keep Young and Beautiful
Keep your Sunny Side Up
* The Kerry Dance
Kisses Sweeter than Wine
Kiss Me, Honey, Honey, Kiss Me
Kiss Me Quick and Go
* Kiss Your Ma
Lady of Spain
Lakeland, my Beautiful Lakeland
Lambeth Walk
Land of Hope and Glory
Lara’s Theme
Last Farewell
Last Time I Saw Paris, The
Laura
La Traviata
La Vie en Rose
Lay Down Your Arms
Leaning on a Lamp-post
Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry
Let the Sunshine In
Let’s Face the Music and Dance
Let’s Go
Let Yourself Go
Life is a Thing You Love
Like I do
Lili Marlene
Lilliburlero
Lily, Lily of the Valley
Lily the Pink
Limehouse Blues
* Linden Lea
Listen to the Rhythm of the Falling Rain
Little Brown Jug
Little Arabella Miller
Little Donkey
Little Drummer Boy
Little Engine that Could, The
Little Joe
Little Old Lady
Little Red Monkey
* Little Seranade
Little Shoemaker, The
Little Things Mean a Lot
Liverpool Lou
Liverpool Packet, The
Living Doll
Loch Lomond
London Bridge is Falling Down
London by Night
London Pride
Lonely Pup in a Christmas Shop
Lonesome Me
* Long Ago and Far Away
* Look for the Silver Lining
Look to the Rainbow
Lost in France
Love is a Many Splendoured Thing
Love is the Sweetest Thing
Love is Where You Find It
Love Letters in the Sand
Loveliest Night of the Year, The
Love Like Yours
Love Me Forever
Love Me Tender
Love me Tonight
Love O Love O Careless Love
Lover
* Lover Come Back to Me
Lovers of the World Unite
Love’s Own Sweet Song
Love Walked Right In
Loving You
Lucky Lucky Lucky Me
Lullaby of Birdland
Lullaby of Broadway
Macnamara’s Band
Mad about the Boy
Maggie, Maggie May
Magic Moments
Maigret, theme from
Make Believe
Man from Laramie, The
Manhattan
Man that Got Away, The
Many a New Day
Marching Through Georgia
Maria
Maria from Bahia
Maria Wears a Yellow Dress
Marianne
Marjie
Marry Me, Oh Marry Me
Mary’s Wedding
Marta
Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs
Meet me in Battersea Park
Meet Me in St Louis, Louis
Memories are Made of This
Men of Harlech
Messing About on the River
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
Midnight
Milord
Missouri Waltz
Mister Cuckoo
Mister Punch and Judy Man
Mister Wonderful
Mr Franklin D. Roosevelt Jones
Mocking Bird Hill
Mona Lisa
Mon Oncle (theme from)
Moonlight and Roses
Moonlight Becomes You
* Moon River
Moon was Yellow, The
* More
* More than Ever
More than Ever Now
More that I Know You the More it Seems, The
Morning
Morning has Broken
Mornington Ride
* Moulin Rouge
Mountain Greenery
Mountains of Mourne, The
Mull of Kintyre
Music
Mutch Binding in the Marsh
My Blue Heaven
My Bonny
My Dear Mr Shane
My Foolish Heart
My Heart Stood Still
My Home Town
My Love
* My Mother’s Eyes
My Old Dutch
My Special Angel
Naughty Lady of Shady Lane, The
Nearness of You, The
Never do a Tango with an Eskimo
Nevertheless
Night and Day
Night of a Thousand Stars
Night they Drove old Dixie Down, The
Night they Invented Champaign, The
Non, je ne regret rien
No other Love Have I
Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen, The
Nothing to Do
Now is the Hour
O Come all ye Faithful
O Come Let Us Adore Him
Ode to Joy
O’er the Hills of Auchentinny
Oh Boy
Oh Dear, what can the Matter be?
Oh Loving Eyes
Oh my Love
Oh-oh, I’m Falling in Love Again
Oh, what a Beautiful Morning
Oh, what a Night for Love
Oh, wouldn’t it be Loverly?
Old Father Thames
Old Folks at Home, The
Old Lamp Lighter, The
Old MacDonald had a Farm
Old Piano Rag
Old Rustic Bridge, The
Old Shep
Ole Man River
O Mien Papa
On a Little Street in Singapore
On a Wonderful Day like Today
Once I had a Secret Love
Once in Royal David’s City
Once upon a Dream
Once Upon a Time in Venice
On Days like These
One for the Morning Glory
One Look
One Man Went to Mow
One More Ride on the Merryground
One More Sunrise
On Mother Kelly’s Doorstep
One of those Songs
Only Sixteen
* On Richmond Hill
On the Banks of the Ohio
On the Banks of the Warbash
On the Road to Mandalay
* On the Street where you Live
On the Sunny Side of the Street
On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine
On Top of Old Smoky
Onward Christian Soldiers
Our Love is Here to Stay
O Susanna
* Out of Town
O Venus
Over and Over
* Over the Rainbow
* Padam, Padam, Padam
Papa Piccolino
Papa, Won’t You Dance with Me?
Paper Roses
Parade of the Tin Soldiers, The
Party’s Over, The
Pasadena
* Passing Strangers
Pedro the Fisherman
Petite Waltz
People will Say We’re in Love
* Piccolino, The (By the Adriatic Waters)
Pickin’ a Chicken
* Plaisir d’Amour
Play a Simple Melody
Please Come Back to Me
Please Don’t Go
Please Release Me
Poetry in Motion
Polly Wolly Doodle
Poor Old Joe
Poor People of Paris, The
Prelude to Suite No 1, Bizet
Pretty Little Black-eyed Susie
Pub with no Beer, The
Puppy Love
Put a Light in the Window
Putting on the Style
* Que Sera, Sera
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
Ramona
Rawhide
Really Mine
Red Flag, The
Red, Red Robin
Red River Rose
Red River Valley
Red Sails in the Sunset
Remember You’re Mine
Return to Me
Riders in the Sky
Riding on a Donkey
Rhythm of Life, The
Rhythm of the Rain
Ring of Bright Water
River, The
River of No Return
River Road
Rivers of Babylon
Road and the Miles to Dundee, The
Road to the Isles, The
Roamin’ in the Gloamin’
Robin Hood
Rock around the Clock
Rolling Home
Rooney-oh
Rose Garden
Rose Marie
Rose, Rose, I Love You
Roses of Picardy
Round, Round, Round
Running Bear
Run Wild, Run Free
Sabre Dance
Sailing
Sailor
Santa Claus is Coming to Town
Say I Won’t be There
Scarborough Fair
Scarlet Ribbons
Scotland the Brave
Scottish Soldier
Seasons in the Sun
See the Conquering Hero Comes
Segoyna
Sentimental Journey
September Love
September Song
Serenade
Shadow of your Smile, The
Shall We Dance?
She
Sheik of Arabie, The
She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain
Shenandoah
She Wears Red Feathers
Shine on Harvest Moon
Shoals of Herring, The
Show me the Way to go Home
Shrimpboats is a Coming
Shrine on the Second Floor, The
Shubert’s Seranade
Side by Side
Sidesaddle
Silent Night
Silk Stockings
Simple Gifts
Singing in the Rain
Singing the Blues
Sisters
Sing Little Birdie
Sipping Soda through a Straw
Skip to my Lou
Skye Boat Song
Sleigh Ride
Sloop John B
Slow Boat to China
Small Hotel
* Smile
Smile, Smile, Smile
Smirff Song, The
Smoke Gets in your Eyes
Snake Charmer from Old Baghdad
Softly, Softly, Come to Me
So I’ll Pray for You
So in Love
So Long as He Needs Me
So Long, it’s Been Good to Know You
Some Day I’ll Find You
Some Day, One Day
Some Enchanted Evening
* Someone to Watch over Me
Something’s got to Give
Something Stupid
So Much in Love
Song of Joy
Song of the Clyde
Song of the Vagabonds
Sonny Boy
Sorcerer’s Apprentice
So Still Runs the River
South of the Border
* Spanish Lady
Special Years, The
Spinning Wheel
Spread a Little Happiness
Stairway of Love, The
Stairway to Paradise
Starry Eyed
Starry, Starry Nights
* Story of my Life
Stout-hearted Men
Stranger on the Shore
Stranger in Paradise
Strangers in the Night
Strawberry Fair
Streets of London
Streets of Lorraido
Suddenly You Love Me
Sugar Bush I Love You So
Sugartime
Sunrise, Sunset
Summer of 42
Summer Skies and Golden Sands
Summer Sounds
Summertime
Sunny Side of the Street
Sunshine of Your Smile, The
Sur le Pont d’Avignon
Surrey with the Fringe on Top
Sway
Sweet Elizabeth
Sweetest Sounds I’ll Ever Hear, The
Sweet Peggy O’Neill
Sweet Rosie O’Gradie
Sweet Violets
Sylvia’s Mother Says
Syncopated Clock
Take Good Care of my Baby
Take Me Back to the Black Hills
* Take that Look off Your Face
Taking a Chance on Love
* Tammy
Teacher, Teacher
Teach me Tonight
Tea for Two
Teddy Bears’ Picnic
Teenager in Love
Tell Me What He Says
Tennessee Waltz
Tennessee Wig Walk
That’ll be the Day
That’s Amores
That’s Entertainment
That Sunlit Mountainside
There Comes Another Day
* There goes that song again
There is a Tavern in the Town
There’ll Always be an England
There’ll be Blue Birds over the White Cliffs of Dover
There’ll never be Anyone Else but You for Me
There’s a Pawnshop
There’s a Small Hotel
There’s No Business like Show Business
There’s no Place like Home
They Didn’t Believe Me
Things are Looking Up
Think of Me Wherever You Are
This Can’t be Love
This is my Lovely Day
This is the Army, Mr Jones
This Land is Your Land
This Nearly was Mine
This Old Man
* Those Were the Days
Three Coins in the Fountain
* Three Stars
Thumbelina
Till the Clouds Roll By
Till the End of Time
Tip-toe Through the Tulips
To be a Farmer’s Boy
To Know Know Know Him
* Tom Dooley
Tonight
* Too Much I’m in Love
Too Much in Love
Too Old to Cut the Mustard
To Try for the Sun
Trail of the Lonesome Pine
Trains and Boats and Planes
* Travelling Home
Travelling Light
Trottin’ to the Fair
Trudie
* True Love
Truly Fair
Try to Remember
* Tulips from Amsterdam
Turn on the Sun
Twenty Tiny Fingers
Twilight in Turkey
Two Different Worlds
Two Sleepy People
Twilight Time
Unchained Melody
Underneath the Arches
* Under the Bridges of Paris
Under the Rooftops of Paris
Unite and Unite
Venus in Blue Jeans
Via Con Dios
Village of St Bernadette
Viva Espania
Voice in the Wilderness
Volary
Wakeman, Blow Your Horn
Wake up Little Suzie
Walking Back to Happiness
Walking in a Winter Wonderland
Walking in the Rain
Walking my Baby Back Home
Walk Right Back
Waltzing Matilda
Water
Water, Paper and Clay
Way Down upon the Swannee River
* Way You Look Tonight, The
Wednesday’s Child
Welcome Home
We’ll Gather Lilacs
We’ll Keep a Welcome
* We’ll Meet Again
We’re Bound for Botany Bay
We’re in the Money
We Three Kings
* We Will Make Love
We Will Remember Vienna
What Now My Love?
What’ll I Do
What’s New?
What You’ve Done to Me
Wheel of Fortune
When a Child is Born
When I grow too old to dream
When I Marry Mr Snow
* When Irish Eyes are Smiling
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
When Mabel Comes in the Room
When the Boat Comes In
When the Children are Asleep
When the Girl in your Arms
When the Moon comes over the Mountain
When, when you Smile
When will the Good Apples Fall?
When your Lover has Gone
When you Wish upon a Star
Where are the Simple Joys of Maidenhood?
Where did you Get That Hat?
* Where is the Love
Where will the Baby’s Dimple Be?
While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night
* Whiffenpoof Song, The
Whisky in the Jar
* Whispering
Whistle down the Wind
Whistle my Love
White Christmas
White Horse Inn
White Rose of Athens
Who’s Sorry Now?
Why
Why is my Heart so Light?
Why Shouldn’t I?
Will Ye No Come Back Again?
Windy City
Winsome Princess
Wish me Luck as you Wave me Goodbye
* With a Song in my Heart
Wombles of Wimbledon Common
Wonderful Season of Love, The
Wonderful Time Up There
Won’t Somebody Dance with Me?
Wooden Heart
World is Waiting for the Sunrise, The
Worried Man Blues
Wunderbar
Yellow Bird
Yellow Rose of Texas
Yeomen of England, The
Yesterday
Yesterday Once More
You
You and the Night and the Music
You are my Destiny
You are my Heart’s Delight
You are my Sunshine
You Belong to Me
You Keep on Knocking but you Can’t Come In
You’ld be So Nice to Come Home To
You’ll get a Belt from your Da’
You’ll Never Walk Alone
You Made me Love You
You, Me and Us
You Needed Me
Young and Foolish
Young Love
Young Ones, The
You’re Getting to be a Habit with Me
Zing, Zing, Zing a little Zong with Me