While We're Young is a 1943 song with music by Alec Wilder and Morty Palitz and lyrics by Bill Engvick. It was popularized by Don Cherry and Tony Bennett and is considered a classic traditional pop standard. The lyric, praised by Algonquin writer James Thurber as one of the finest pieces of English writing he knew, evokes a golden time when hearts wake softly and songs are made to sing while we’re young. The tune has been recorded by many artists including Peggy Lee, Judy Garland, Johnny Mathis, Perry Como, Rosemary Clooney, and Art Garfunkel, and has appeared on albums such as Tony Bennett's Because of You (1952) and Perry Como's For the Young at Heart (1960).
