We Ll Meet Again Vera Lynn Features
What are the lyrics to Matriarch Vera Lynn's 'Nosotros'll Meet Once again' – and what's the story behind the WWII song?
xviii June 2020, 12:14 | Updated: 18 June 2020, 12:16
'We'll Meet Again' has become one of the globe's best-loved wartime tunes – but what are the words and what's the story behind them?
Here's everything you need to know near Dame Vera Lynn'south nostalgic Second World War carol, from its composers and lyrics, to its fascinating history.
What are the lyrics to 'We'll See Again'?
We'll come across again,
Don't know where, don't know when,
Just I know we'll meet again
Some sunny twenty-four hours.
Continue grin through,
Just like you lot always do,
'Till the blue skies bulldoze the dark clouds far away.
So will you please say hello
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 once again,
Don't know where,
Don't know when,
But I know we'll meet again,
Some sunny solar day.
Nosotros'll encounter again,
Don't know where, don't know when,
Simply I know nosotros'll meet over again
Some sunny day.
Keep smile through,
Simply like yous always do,
'Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far abroad.
And then will y'all please say howdy
To the folks that I know,
Tell them I won't be long.
They'll exist happy to know
That as y'all saw me go,
I was singing this vocal.
Nosotros'll meet again,
Don't know where, don't know when,
Simply I know we'll meet again,
Some sunny twenty-four hours.
Who wrote 'We'll Meet Again' – and what's the story backside the Vera Lynn song?
Originally released in 1939, 'We'll Come across Again' is a British vocal composed by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles, and sung by Matriarch Vera Lynn.
Produced by pianist Norman Slap-up, it found its fame during the 2nd World War, resonating with soldiers who had to go out their families and fight for England, and reached No. 29 on the U.S. charts.
Thanks to its moving melody and uplifting lyrics, information technology was used on the radio during wartime broadcasts, which were designed to provide public information and boost morale after bombing raids.
Following the song's success, its name was afterward given to the 1943 musical film, We'll Run into Again, in which Dame Vera Lynn played the lead role – and in 1964, the recording featured in the final scene of Stanley Kubrick's film, Dr. Strangelove.
More recently, Lynn performed the vocal in London on the 60th ceremony of VE day, and today it's become pop with the British public again during the coronavirus pandemic.
It'due south too played every 5 May to close Amsterdam's almanac Liberation Day concert, which marks the terminate of the 2nd Earth State of war in the Netherlands.
Who else has performed 'We'll Come across Again'?
In 1942, American jazz clarinetist and bandleader, Benny Goodman, recorded a beautiful version of the song with popular singer of the time, Peggy Lee.
The song has even plant its way into rock concerts – British singer-songwriter, Rod Stewart, and English rock ring, Faces, sang an a cappella version of 'We'll Meet Again' at many of their gigs during the '70s, while Johnny Greenbacks released a comprehend on his 2002 studio album, American Four: The Man Comes Effectually.
Earlier 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 as they continue to care for coronavirus patients.
It experienced a recent resurgence of popularity after the lyrics were referenced past 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 time: "The words 'Nosotros'll Meet 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 Meet Once again' have us back to the time of World War Two, the sentiment feels appropriate and meaningful today and relevant to the electric current crunch.
"It is a song of hope 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 risk to ensure we volition meet our honey once more."
Who was Dame Vera Lynn, and how old 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.
Past the age of 7, the talented entertainer had started singing in working men's clubs and became the family's master breadwinner, before adopting her grandmother'south maiden proper noun 'Lynn' as her stage proper noun aged 11.
At 22, she had sold more than a million records and soon established her reputation as The Forces' Sweetheart – the get-go of a long and rewarding career in music.
Dame Vera Lynn died on xviii June 2020, not long after she celebrated her 103rd birthday.
A statement said: "The family are securely saddened to announce the passing of one of Britain's best-loved entertainers at the age of 103. Dame Vera Lynn, who lived in Ditchling, East Sussex, passed away earlier today, surrounded past her close 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/
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