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Let it end with a favourite

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Time flies. We come to the last episode and I'll leave you with the haunting memory of these three very nostalgic songs.

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The first is As Time Goes By, originally from a 1931 musical Everybody's Welcome by Herman Hupfeld, but made immortal by the film classic Casablanca (the famous line 'Play it again, Sam' was actually never spoken).

'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 . . . Moonlight and love songs are never out of date.

'Hearts full of passion, jealousy and hate . . . 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!' Next, an immortal number from another long forgotten 1960 musical The Fantasticks (music by Harvey Schmidt, lyrics by Tom Jones): Try to Remember.

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It tells of 'December' (representing mature age) remembering 'September' (that is, youth).

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