Even When the Day Is Done Until We Meet Again
What are the lyrics to Dame Vera Lynn'due south 'We'll Meet Again' – and what's the story behind the WWII vocal?
18 June 2020, 12:14 | Updated: 18 June 2020, 12:xvi
'We'll Run into Once more' has become ane of the world's all-time-loved wartime tunes – but what are the words and what's the story behind them?
Here'due south everything you demand 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 Over again'?
We'll encounter again,
Don't know where, don't know when,
But I know we'll meet over again
Some sunny twenty-four hour period.
Keep grinning through,
Merely similar you 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 exist long.
They'll be happy to know
That equally yous saw me go,
I was singing this song
We'll run across again,
Don't know where,
Don't know when,
Merely I know nosotros'll run across again,
Some sunny day.
We'll run into over again,
Don't know where, don't know when,
But I know nosotros'll come across once more
Some sunny mean solar day.
Go along smiling through,
Only similar 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 exist happy to know
That as you lot saw me go,
I was singing this vocal.
Nosotros'll meet once again,
Don't know where, don't know when,
Merely I know we'll meet over again,
Some sunny day.
Who wrote 'We'll Meet Again' – and what's the story behind the Vera Lynn vocal?
Originally released in 1939, 'We'll Run across Again' is a British song composed by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles, and sung by Matriarch Vera Lynn.
Produced by pianist Norman Keen, it found its fame during the Second Earth War, resonating with soldiers who had to leave their families and fight for England, and reached No. 29 on the U.S. charts.
Cheers to its moving tune and uplifting lyrics, it was used on the radio during wartime broadcasts, which were designed to provide public data and heave morale after bombing raids.
Following the song'south success, its name was later given to the 1943 musical film, We'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'southward film, Dr. Strangelove.
More recently, Lynn performed the song in London on the 60th anniversary of VE day, and today it's get pop with the British public one time over again during the coronavirus pandemic.
Information technology's also played every 5 May to shut Amsterdam's annual Liberation Day concert, which marks the end of the 2nd World War in the Netherlands.
Who else has performed 'Nosotros'll Encounter 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 vocalizer-songwriter, Rod Stewart, and English language 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 cover on his 2002 studio album, American IV: The Man Comes Around.
Earlier this year, Matriarch Vera Lynn and Welsh mezzo-soprano Katherine Jenkins also released a duet of the song to heighten money for the NHS's heroic frontline workers and volunteers as they continue to care for coronavirus patients.
Information technology experienced a recent resurgence of popularity later the lyrics were referenced by Her Majesty the Queen in her address to the nation during the pandemic, and all proceeds from the heartwarming clemency recording are being donated to NHS Charities Together.
Dame Vera Lynn said at the time: "The words 'We'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 Run into Once again' take usa back to the fourth dimension of World War Two, the sentiment feels appropriate and meaningful today and relevant to the electric current crisis.
"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 gamble to ensure nosotros will meet our dearest once again."
Who was Dame Vera Lynn, and how old was the wartime singer?
Born on twenty March 1917 in East Ham, London, Matriarch Vera Lynn lived with her female parent Annie, a dressmaker, and her begetter Bertram, a plumber.
By the age of vii, the talented entertainer had started singing in working men's clubs and became the family's chief breadwinner, before adopting her grandmother's maiden name 'Lynn' as her stage proper name aged 11.
At 22, she had sold more than a meg records and soon established her reputation equally The Forces' Sweetheart – the start of a long and rewarding career in music.
Dame Vera Lynn died on 18 June 2020, not long after she celebrated her 103rd birthday.
A statement said: "The family unit are deeply saddened to announce the passing of i of U.k.'s all-time-loved entertainers at the historic period of 103. Matriarch Vera Lynn, who lived in Ditchling, East Sussex, passed away earlier today, surrounded by her close family.
Read more than nigh 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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