<P> `` Long Ago ( and Far Away ) '' is a popular song from the 1944 Technicolor film musical Cover Girl starring Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly and released by Columbia Pictures . The music was written by Jerome Kern , and the lyrics were written by Ira Gershwin . The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1944 but lost out to `` Swinging on a Star '' . The song was published in 1944 and sold over 600,000 copies in sheet music in a year . In 2004 it finished # 92 in AFI 's 100 Years ... 100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema . </P>
<P> `` Long Ago ( and Far Away ) '' is a popular song from the 1944 Technicolor film musical Cover Girl starring Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly and released by Columbia Pictures . The music was written by Jerome Kern , and the lyrics were written by Ira Gershwin . The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1944 but lost out to `` Swinging on a Star '' . The song was published in 1944 and sold over 600,000 copies in sheet music in a year . In 2004 it finished # 92 in AFI 's 100 Years ... 100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema . </P>
who wrote the song long ago and far away
who wrote the song long ago and far away
Jerome Kern Ira Gershwin
Jerome Kern Ira Gershwin