SUNDAY REVIEW / THE WORLD WILL ALWAYS WELCOME LOVERS

"Play it, Sam...play it for old times sake..." 

AS TIME GOES BY ENTERS THE PUBLIC DOMAIN 

Public domain is a designation for content that is not protected by any copyright law or other restriction and may be freely copied, shared, altered and republished by anyone. The designation means, essentially, that the content belongs to the community at large. 

In 2022, the song “As Time Goes By” music and lyrics by Herman Hupfeld [1894-1951] entered the public domain. 

 CLICK HERE for film clip to hear the song from the 1942 film “Casablanca.” 

"As Time Goes By" was written by composer, singer, author and pianist Herman Hupfeld, who followed his high school education with United States Navy military service in World War I. 

H. Hupfeld

He sang his own songs in the Broadway revue "Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic" (1912) and wrote songs for the musicals "A la Carte", "The Little Show", "Second Little Show", "Everybody's Welcome", and "Murder at the Vanities". He was later a singer and pianist throughout the United States and Europe, and during World War II, he entertained in military camps and hospitals. Joining ASCAP in 1931, his other popular-song compositions include "Sing Something Simple", "When Yuba Plays the Rhumba on the Tuba", "Let's Put Out the Lights and Go to Sleep", "Are You Making Any Money?", "Savage Serenade", "Down the Old Back Road", "A Hut in Hoboken", "Night Owl", "Honey Ma Love", "Baby's Blue", and "The Calinda". 

AS TIME GOES BY 

You must remember this

A kiss is still a kiss 

A sigh is just a sigh 

The fundamental things apply 

As time goes by 

And when two lovers woo 

They still say, I love you 

On that you can rely 

No matter what the future brings 

As time goes by 

Moonlight and love songs 

Never out of date 

Hearts full of passion 

Jealousy and hate 

Woman needs man 

And man must have his mate 

That no one can deny 

It's still the same old story 

A fight for love and glory 

A case of do or die 

The world will always welcome lovers 

As time goes by 

It's still the same old story 

A fight for love and glory 

A case of do or die 

The world will always welcome lovers 

As time goes by.

Pianist, singer Dooley Wilson with actor Humphrey Bogart in a scene
from the 1942 film "Casablanca."

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