The third man theme-instrumental version by anton karas hit # 1 for 11 weeks in 1950-instrumental version by guy lombardo also hit # 1 for 11 weeks in 1950-four other versions also charted that year—freddy martin (#17), hugo-winterhalter (#21), victor young (#22), and owen bradley (#23)-title song from the orson welles film co-starring joseph cotton- words by walter lord, music by anton karaswhen a zither starts to playyou'll remember yesterdayin its haunting strainvienna lives againfree and bright and gayin your mind a sudden gleamof a half forgotten dreamseems to glimmer when you hear the third man themeonce again there comes to mindsomeone that you left behindlove that somehow didn't lastin that happy city of the pastdoes she still recall the dreamthat rapture so supremewhen first she heard the haunting third man theme?carnivals and carousels and ferris wheels and parasolsthe danube nights, the dancing lights again will shinethe zither's sweet refrainkeeps swirling in your brainlike new may winestrauss waltzes, candle-glowand the laughter of long agofill the magic chords and make it seem like todayyou never knew that you could beenchanted by a melodythe years will never drive it outyou don't know whyit's something you can't live withoutyou hear it in the twilight hushand in the morning traffic rusha song that's always newin your heart a part of youoh, shines so brightly when you hear the third man themewhen a zither starts to playyou'll remember yesterdayin its haunting strainvienna lives againfree and bright and gayin your mind a sudden gleamof a well remembered dreamseems to glimmer when you hear the third man themeonce again there comes to mindsomeone that you left behindlove that somehow didn't lastin that happy city of the pastdoes she still recall the dreamthat rapture so supremewhen first she heard the haunting third man theme?carnivals and carousels and ferris wheels and parasolsthe danube nights, the dancing lights again will shinethe zither's sweet refrainkeeps swirling in your brainlike new may winestrauss waltzes, candle-glowand the laughter of long agofill the magic chords and make it seem like todayyou never knew that you could beenchanted by a melodythe years will never drive it outyou don't know whyit's something you can't live withoutyou hear it in the twilight hushand in the morning traffic rusha song that's always newin your heart a part of youoh, shines so brightly when you hear the third man themechart info by robin hood