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18 June 2020, 12:14 | Updated: 18 June 2020, 12:16
'We'll Meet Again' has become one of the world'south best-loved wartime tunes – just what are the words and what's the story behind them?
Here'due south everything you need to know about Dame Vera Lynn's nostalgic Second Earth War ballad, from its composers and lyrics, to its fascinating history.
What are the lyrics to 'Nosotros'll Meet Again'?
Nosotros'll meet over again,
Don't know where, don't know when,
But I know nosotros'll meet again
Some sunny day.
Go on smiling through,
Just similar you lot always do,
'Till the blueish skies drive the night clouds far away.
And so will y'all delight say howdy
To the folks that I know,
Tell them I won't be long.
They'll be happy to know
That as you saw me go,
I was singing this song
We'll meet again,
Don't know where,
Don't know when,
But I know nosotros'll meet again,
Some sunny day.
We'll meet once more,
Don't know where, don't know when,
But I know we'll meet again
Some sunny solar day.
Continue grinning through,
Only like you ever do,
'Till the bluish skies drive the dark clouds far away.
So will you please say hello
To the folks that I know,
Tell them I won't exist long.
They'll exist happy to know
That equally yous saw me go,
I was singing this song.
We'll meet again,
Don't know where, don't know when,
But I know we'll meet over again,
Some sunny day.
Who wrote 'We'll Meet Once again' – and what's the story behind the Vera Lynn vocal?
Originally released in 1939, 'We'll Meet Again' is a British vocal composed by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles, and sung by Dame Vera Lynn.
Produced by pianist Norman Keen, it constitute its fame during the Second World War, resonating with soldiers who had to leave their families and fight for England, and reached No. 29 on the U.Due south. charts.
Cheers to its moving melody and uplifting lyrics, it was used on the radio during wartime broadcasts, which were designed to provide public information and heave morale later on bombing raids.
Following the song'south success, its name was after given to the 1943 musical moving-picture show, We'll Meet Again, in which Matriarch Vera Lynn played the lead role – and in 1964, the recording featured in the last scene of Stanley Kubrick's film, Dr. Strangelove.
More recently, Lynn performed the vocal in London on the 60th anniversary of VE mean solar day, and today information technology's get popular with the British public once once more during the coronavirus pandemic.
It's as well played every five May to close Amsterdam's annual Liberation Day concert, which marks the stop of the 2d World War in kingdom of the netherlands.
Who else has performed 'We'll Run across Again'?
In 1942, American jazz clarinetist and bandleader, Benny Goodman, recorded a beautiful version of the song with pop singer of the fourth dimension, Peggy Lee.
The song has even found its style into rock concerts – British singer-songwriter, Rod Stewart, and English rock band, Faces, sang an a cappella version of 'Nosotros'll Run across Again' at many of their gigs during the '70s, while Johnny Greenbacks released a cover on his 2002 studio album, American 4: 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 coin for the NHS'due south heroic frontline workers and volunteers as they keep to care for coronavirus patients.
Information technology 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 clemency recording are existence donated to NHS Charities Together.
Dame Vera Lynn said at the fourth dimension: "The words 'Nosotros'll Run into 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 'Nosotros'll Run across Once more' take united states back to the time of World State of war Ii, the sentiment feels advisable and meaningful today and relevant to the current crisis.
"It is a vocal of promise and Dame Vera and I sing this in honour of (and in aid of) our superhero NHS workers and their families. They are putting themselves at hazard to ensure we will meet our dearest once again."
Who was Dame Vera Lynn, and how former was the wartime singer?
Born on 20 March 1917 in East Ham, London, Dame Vera Lynn lived with her mother Annie, a dressmaker, and her begetter Bertram, a plumber.
By the age of seven, the talented entertainer had started singing in working men'south clubs and became the family'south master breadwinner, earlier adopting her grandmother's maiden proper noun 'Lynn' every bit her stage proper noun anile 11.
At 22, she had sold more a meg records and soon established her reputation equally The Forces' Sweetheart – the start of a long and rewarding career in music.
Matriarch Vera Lynn died on 18 June 2020, not long after she historic her 103rd birthday.
A statement said: "The family are securely saddened to announce the passing of i of Britain's best-loved entertainers at the historic period of 103. Dame Vera Lynn, who lived in Ditchling, Eastward Sussex, passed away earlier today, surrounded by her shut family.
Read more about Lynn's fascinating life and wonderful music here.
Source: https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/well-meet-again-dame-vera-lynn-lyrics-story/