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What are the lyrics to Dame Vera Lynn's 'Nosotros'll Meet Again' – and what's the story behind the WWII vocal?
18 June 2020, 12:14 | Updated: 18 June 2020, 12:16
'We'll Meet Again' has go 1 of the world's all-time-loved wartime tunes – only what are the words and what'southward the story backside them?
Hither'south everything you need to know about Matriarch Vera Lynn's nostalgic Second World War ballad, from its composers and lyrics, to its fascinating history.
What are the lyrics to 'We'll Meet Again'?
We'll run into over again,
Don't know where, don't know when,
But I know nosotros'll meet once more
Some sunny day.
Continue smiling through,
Just similar you ever do,
'Till the blue skies bulldoze the nighttime clouds far away.
So will yous please say hello
To the folks that I know,
Tell them I won't exist long.
They'll be happy to know
That as you saw me get,
I was singing this song
We'll meet again,
Don't know where,
Don't know when,
Simply I know we'll meet once again,
Some sunny day.
Nosotros'll meet again,
Don't know where, don't know when,
But I know nosotros'll meet again
Some sunny mean solar day.
Keep smiling through,
Just like yous always practice,
'Till the blueish skies bulldoze the dark clouds far away.
So will you delight say hello
To the folks that I know,
Tell them I won't be long.
They'll be happy to know
That as you lot saw me become,
I was singing this song.
We'll run across once more,
Don't know where, don't know when,
But I know we'll run into once more,
Some sunny day.
Who wrote 'We'll Run into Once again' – and what'southward the story behind the Vera Lynn vocal?
Originally released in 1939, 'We'll Meet Once again' is a British vocal composed past Ross Parker and Hughie Charles, and sung by Dame Vera Lynn.
Produced past pianist Norman Keen, it found its fame during the Second Earth War, resonating with soldiers who had to get out their families and fight for England, and reached No. 29 on the U.S. charts.
Thank you to its moving tune and uplifting lyrics, it was used on the radio during wartime broadcasts, which were designed to provide public information and boost morale after bombing raids.
Following the song'due south success, its name was later given to the 1943 musical film, Nosotros'll Meet Again, in which Dame Vera Lynn played the lead role – and in 1964, the recording featured in the final scene of Stanley Kubrick's flick, Dr. Strangelove.
More than recently, Lynn performed the song in London on the 60th ceremony of VE day, and today it'south become popular with the British public once more during the coronavirus pandemic.
It's too played every 5 May to close Amsterdam'due south almanac Liberation Day concert, which marks the end of the 2nd World War in holland.
Who else has performed 'Nosotros'll Meet Again'?
In 1942, American jazz clarinetist and bandleader, Benny Goodman, recorded a beautiful version of the song with popular vocalizer of the time, Peggy Lee.
The vocal has fifty-fifty found its way into stone concerts – British singer-songwriter, Rod Stewart, and English rock band, Faces, sang an a cappella version of 'We'll Meet Again' at many of their gigs during the '70s, while Johnny Cash released a encompass on his 2002 studio album, American Four: The Man Comes Around.
Before this year, Dame Vera Lynn and Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins also released a duet of the song to raise money for the NHS'south heroic frontline workers and volunteers every bit they keep to care for coronavirus patients.
It experienced a recent resurgence of popularity after the lyrics were referenced by Her Majesty the Queen in her accost to the nation during the pandemic, and all proceeds from the heartwarming charity recording are being donated to NHS Charities Together.
Dame Vera Lynn said at the fourth dimension: "The words 'We'll Meet Over again' speak to the hope we should all have during these troubling times."
Jenkins added: "As Dame Vera herself has said, while the lyrics of 'We'll Meet Once more' take us back to the time of World War 2, the sentiment feels appropriate and meaningful today and relevant to the electric current crisis.
"It is a song of promise and Dame Vera and I sing this in honor of (and in aid of) our superhero NHS workers and their families. They are putting themselves at adventure to ensure we will meet our dearest again."
Who was Dame Vera Lynn, and how quondam was the wartime singer?
Born on twenty March 1917 in East Ham, London, Dame Vera Lynn lived with her mother Annie, a dressmaker, and her male parent Bertram, a plumber.
By the age of seven, the talented entertainer had started singing in working men'due south clubs and became the family's main breadwinner, before adopting her grandmother'due south maiden name 'Lynn' as her stage name aged 11.
At 22, she had sold more than a one thousand thousand records and soon established her reputation as The Forces' Sweetheart – the start of a long and rewarding career in music.
Dame Vera Lynn died on xviii June 2020, not long afterwards she celebrated her 103rd birthday.
A statement said: "The family unit are deeply saddened to denote the passing of i of Britain'southward all-time-loved entertainers at the age of 103. Dame Vera Lynn, who lived in Ditchling, East Sussex, passed abroad earlier today, surrounded past her close family.
Read more about Lynn'southward fascinating life and wonderful music here.
Source: https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/well-meet-again-dame-vera-lynn-lyrics-story/
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