Thanks for the memoryshep fields-words and music by leo robin and ralph rainger-introduced in the film "big broadcast of 1938" by bob hope and shirley ross-adopted by hope as his theme songthanks for the memoryof candlelight and wine, castles on the rhinethe parthenon and moments on the hudson river linehow lovely it was!thanks for the memoryof rainy afternoons, swingy harlem tunesand motor trips and burning lips and burning toast and pruneshow lovely it was!many's the time that we feastedand many's the time that we fastedoh, well, it was swell while it lastedwe did have fun and no harm doneand thanks for the memoryof sunburns at the shore, nights in singaporeyou might have been a headache but you never were a boreso thank you so much.thanks for the memoryof sentimental verse, nothing in my purseand chuckles when the preacher said "for better or for worse"how lovely it wasthanks for the memoryof lingerie with lace, pilsner by the caseand how i jumped the day you trumped my one-and-only acehow lovely it was!we said goodbye with a highballthen i got as "high" as a steeplebut we were intelligent peopleno tears, no fuss, hooray! for usso, thanks for the memoryand strictly entre-nous, darling how are you?and how are all the little dreams that never did come true?aw'flly glad i met you, cheerio, and toodle-ooand thank you so much.robin hood