![]() Our romance won't end on a sorrowful note, though by tomorrow you're gone. The verse references the song " The Song Is Ended (but the Melody Lingers On)" by Irving Berlin: Thus, it is a song of mixed joy and sadness. The basic meaning of the song is that even if the lovers part, though physically separated the nostalgic memories cannot be forced from them. Each verse is followed by the line "no, no, they can't take that away from me". The lyrics include "the way you wear your hat, the way you sip your tea", and "the way you hold your knife, the way we danced till three". ![]() The song, in the context of Shall We Dance, notes some of the things that Peter (Astaire) will miss about Linda (Rogers). Astaire and Rogers did dance to it later in their last movie The Barkleys of Broadway (1949) in which they played a married couple with marital issues. No dance sequence follows, which was unusual for the Astaire-Rogers numbers. It is sung to Ginger Rogers, who remains silent listening throughout. The song is performed by Astaire on the lonely foggy deck of a ferry from New Jersey to Manhattan.
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