Han pasado más de 80 años desde que esta canción apareciera en la película Gold Diggers of 1933, pero la letra no podría ser más actual. Además, la interpretación de Joan Blondell (aunque doblada por otra cantante) y la coreografía de Busby Berkeley hacen de los 7 últimos minutos de esta película unos de los más emocionantes de cualquier musical jamás rodado.
I don’t know if he deserves a bit of sympathy,
Forget your sympathy, that’s all right with me.
I was satisfied to drift along from day to day,
Till they came and took my man away.
Remember my forgotten man,
You put a rifle in his hand;
You sent him far away,
You shouted, «Hip, hooray!»
But look at him today!
Remember my forgotten man,
You had him cultivate the land;
He walked behind the plow,
The sweat fell from his brow,
But look at him right now!
And once, he used to love me,
I was happy then;
He used to take care of me,
Won’t you bring him back again?
‘Cause ever since the world began,
A woman’s got to have a man;
Forgetting him, you see,
Means you’re forgetting me
Like my forgotten man.
