{"id":15680,"date":"2022-04-11T14:00:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T14:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/?page_id=15680"},"modified":"2025-12-15T07:32:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T07:32:58","slug":"i-wonder-if-you-miss-me-sometimes-i-wonder-if-you-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksongandmusichall.com\/index.php\/i-wonder-if-you-miss-me-sometimes-i-wonder-if-you-care\/","title":{"rendered":"I wonder if you miss me sometimes (I wonder if you care)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
First Published<\/td>1910<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Writer\/composer<\/td>AJ Mills \/ Bennett Scott<\/td>Roud<\/strong><\/td>RN22761<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Music Hall Performers<\/strong><\/td>Lily Morris, Ella Retford<\/td><\/tr>
Folk performances<\/strong><\/td>Collected from the singing of:<\/strong>
Harkie Nesling; England : Suffolk; 1971
Pardon, Walter; England : Norfolk; 1980<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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I stand on a lonely seashore, \nAnd gaze o'er the waters blue\nI picture a land of sunshine, \nAnd dream all the time of you\nThe waves of the ocean divide us, \nBut still in my heart you reign;\nI'd give all I have in the world love, \nTo see your dear face once again.\n\nI wonder if you miss me sometimes\nMiss me when the twilight's nigh\nI wonder, love, do you remember\nDays gone by\nI wonder if you know I'm pining\nPining for you in despair\nI wonder if you know my heart is breaking\nAnd I wonder if you care.<\/em>\n\n\n[Additional Verse found on Bamforth Song Card (3)]<\/strong>\n\nAlthough from my life you've drifted, \nYour dear eyes they haunt me still; \nAgain I may never see you, \nBut memory my heart will spill. \nWhen you're caressed by another, \nThe love in your eyes will gleam; \nOh! Would I wake from my sadness,\nAnd find it was all just a dream\n\n <\/pre>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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A sentimental song  by the prolific songwriting team Arthur J Mills  and Bennett Scott who set up their own publishers: The Star Music Company.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
I wonder <\/em>was widely performed in the English-speaking world and was recorded several times. In the British Halls it featured most famously in the repertoire of Lily Morris<\/a> and Ella Retford<\/a> . The original sheet music featured only a single verse and chorus, the song card (see below) and later recordings include a second verse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It appears to have been a hit in the war years, a time when  sentimental songs were particularly popular. It was remembered by two traditional singers late in the 20th century: Walter Pardon  (collected by Mike Yates) and Harkie Nesling (collected by Keith Summers)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Between around 1900 and 1920 song postcards  were in their heyday – often featuring  sentimental songs like this one usually aimed at servicemen and their loved ones at home. Bamforth published two versions of the song cards for this song – one featuring a soldier sitting in his tent and these featuring his sweetheart at home:<\/p>\n\n\n\n