Dearie

"Dearie" is a popular song.

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It was written by Bob Hilliard and David Mann and published in 1950.

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The song is about reminiscences, and often sung as a duet. When done as a duet, each one of the singers asks the other whether he or she remembers a number of long-ago events, and then says "if you remember, you're much older than I." When sung as a solo, the same questions are directed at the audience.

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In 1950, some of the best-known versions were by Ray Bolger and Ethel Merman (released by Decca Records as catalog number 24873), by Jo Stafford and Gordon MacRae (Capitol Records catalog number 858), and by Guy Lombardo and the Royal Canadians (Decca catalog number 24899). The various versions of the song (combined, as was normal for Cash Box magazine) reached #4 on the Cash Box Best-Selling Records chart.

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