"I'll Remember April" — Gene de Paul, Don Raye, and Pat Johnston's 1941 spring memory.
This lovely day will lengthen into evening, we'll sigh goodbye to all we ever had.
Alone where we have walked together, I'll remember April and be glad.
I'll be content you loved me once in April.
Your lips were warm and love and spring were new.
I'm not afraid of autumn and her sorrow, for I'll remember April and you.
The fire will dwindle into glowing ashes, for flames live such a little while.
I won't forget but I won't be lonely, I'll remember April and smile.
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- Written by Gene de Paul, Don Raye, and Patricia Johnston in 1941 for the film Ride 'Em Cowboy. Jazz musicians made it their own — the April memory as a standard for improvisation. Sinatra finding the ballad inside the jazzers' favourite harmonic changes.