WE'LL MEET AGAIN
VERA LYNN
SONGWRITERS: ROSS PARKER &
HUGHIE CHARLES
COUNTRY: ENGLAND
ALBUM: WE'LL MEET AGAIN
LABEL: EMI RECORDS
GENRE: JAZZ
YEAR: 1939
"We'll
Meet Again" is a 1939 British song made famous by Singer Vera Lynn with music and lyrics composed and written by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles.
The song
is one of the most famous songs of the Second
World War era, and resonated with soldiers
going off to fight and their families and sweethearts. The assertion that "we'll
meet again" is optimistic, as many soldiers did not survive to see their
loved ones again.
The song
gave its name to the 1943 musical
film We'll Meet Again in which Dame
Vera Lynn played the lead role (see 1943 in
music). Lynn's recording is featured in the final
scene of Stanley Kubrick's
1964 film Dr. Strangelove,
and was also used in the closing scenes of the 1986 BBC television
serial The
Singing Detective. British director John Schlesinger used the song in his 1979 WWII film, Yanks, which
is about British citizens and American soldiers during the military buildup in
the UK as the Allies prepared for the D-Day Invasion.
During
the Cold War,
Lynn's recording was included in the package of music and programmes held in 20
underground radio stations of the BBC's Wartime Broadcasting Service (WTBS),
designed to provide public information and morale-boosting broadcasts for 100
days after a nuclear attack.
Lynn sang the song in London on the 60th Anniversary of VE Day in 2005.
We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know we'll meet again
Some sunny day
Keep smiling through
Just like you always do
'Till the blue skies
Drive 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 again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know we'll meet again
Some sunny day
We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know we'll meet again
Some sunny day
Keep smiling through
Just like you always do
'Till the blue skies
Drive 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 again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know we'll meet again
Some sunny day...
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