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Well Meet Again Dont Know Where Dont Know When Lyrics

What are the lyrics to Matriarch Vera Lynn'southward 'We'll Encounter Once again' – and what's the story behind the WWII vocal?

18 June 2020, 12:14 | Updated: eighteen June 2020, 12:sixteen

Dame Vera Lynn
Dame Vera Lynn. Motion-picture show: Getty

'We'll Come across Again' has become one of the world's best-loved wartime tunes – but what are the words and what'due south the story behind them?

Here's everything y'all demand to know about Dame Vera Lynn's nostalgic Second World State of war carol, from its composers and lyrics, to its fascinating history.

What are the lyrics to 'We'll Run into Again'?

We'll run across again,
Don't know where, don't know when,
Just I know we'll meet over again
Some sunny day.
Go on smiling through,
Simply like you always practice,
'Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far abroad.

So will yous please say hullo
To the folks that I know,
Tell them I won't exist long.
They'll be happy to know
That equally 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 once more,
Some sunny twenty-four hour period.

We'll run across once again,
Don't know where, don't know when,
But I know nosotros'll meet once again
Some sunny day.
Go on smile through,
But similar you lot always exercise,
'Till the blueish skies bulldoze the dark clouds far abroad.

So volition you please say how-do-you-do
To the folks that I know,
Tell them I won't be long.
They'll be happy to know
That equally yous saw me become,
I was singing this song.

We'll meet once again,
Don't know where, don't know when,
But I know nosotros'll see once more,
Some sunny 24-hour interval.

Who wrote 'We'll Meet Again' – and what's the story backside the Vera Lynn song?

Originally released in 1939, 'We'll Meet Again' is a British song composed by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles, and sung by Dame Vera Lynn.

Produced by pianist Norman Great, it found its fame during the 2d World War, resonating with soldiers who had to leave their families and fight for England, and reached No. 29 on the U.South. charts.

Cheers to its moving tune and uplifting lyrics, information technology was used on the radio during wartime broadcasts, which were designed to provide public information and boost morale afterward bombing raids.

Following the vocal's success, its name was after given to the 1943 musical film, We'll Meet Again, in which Dame Vera Lynn played the pb part – and in 1964, the recording featured in the concluding scene of Stanley Kubrick's motion picture, Dr. Strangelove.

More recently, Lynn performed the song in London on the 60th anniversary of VE day, and today it's get popular with the British public once again during the coronavirus pandemic.

Information technology's as well played every 5 May to shut Amsterdam's annual Liberation Day concert, which marks the stop of the Second World War in kingdom of the netherlands.

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 pop vocalist of the time, Peggy Lee.

The song has even found its way into rock concerts – British singer-songwriter, Rod Stewart, and English language rock band, Faces, sang an a cappella version of 'We'll Encounter Again' at many of their gigs during the '70s, while Johnny Greenbacks released a cover on his 2002 studio anthology, American IV: 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'southward heroic frontline workers and volunteers as they go along 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 address to the nation during the pandemic, and all gain from the heartwarming charity 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: "Every bit Matriarch Vera herself has said, while the lyrics of 'We'll See Once more' take u.s. back to the fourth dimension of Globe State of war Two, the sentiment feels appropriate and meaningful today and relevant to the 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 take chances to ensure we volition run across our dearest again."

Dame Vera Lynn attends The Nordoff Robbins Silver Clef Awards
Dame Vera Lynn attends The Nordoff Robbins Argent Clef Awards. Picture: Getty

Who was Dame Vera Lynn, and how one-time was the wartime vocaliser?

Born on twenty March 1917 in East Ham, London, Dame Vera Lynn lived with her mother Annie, a dressmaker, and her father Bertram, a plumber.

By the historic period of seven, the talented entertainer had started singing in working men's clubs and became the family unit's main breadwinner, before adopting her grandmother's maiden proper noun 'Lynn' as her phase name anile 11.

At 22, she had sold more than a million records and presently established her reputation as 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 are deeply saddened to announce the passing of one of Great britain'southward best-loved entertainers at the age of 103. Dame Vera Lynn, who lived in Ditchling, Eastward Sussex, passed abroad earlier today, surrounded by her shut family.

Read more than nigh Lynn's fascinating life and wonderful music here.

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