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"We'll Meet Again" is a 1939 song by English singer Vera Lynn with music and lyrics composed and written by English songwriters Ross Parker and Hughie Charles. The song is one of the most famous of the Second World War era, resonating with servicemen going off to fight as well as their families and loved ones.
The nostalgic lyrics ("We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when, but I know we'll meet again some sunny day") were very popular during the war and made the song one of its emblematic hits. [28] Amongst her other well-known wartime hits was "The White Cliffs of Dover", with words by Nat Burton, music by Walter Kent. [29]
He and Hughie Charles (his collaborator on "There'll Always Be an England" and "We'll Meet Again") continued to write patriotic songs such as "The Navy's Here" during the war. [ 9 ] Ross Parker wrote the original songs for several stage shows performed by The Crazy Gang at the Victoria Palace Theatre , London, in the early 1950s, including ...
Dame Vera Lynn, the British singer whose melancholy performance of "We'll Meet Again" put a brave face on the overwhelming sadness of World War II, died on Thursday, according to a statement from ...
We'll Meet Again is a 1943 British musical film directed by Philip Brandon and starring Vera Lynn. [2] The plot is loosely based on the life of its star, otherwise known as Britain's " Forces' Sweetheart ".
We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn is a compilation album by English singer Vera Lynn. The album is a selection of her recordings made for Decca Records , for whom Lynn recorded between 1936 and 1959.
The song "We'll Meet Again" was written by Ross Parker and Hughie Charles in September 1939 and recorded in October the same year, in the Decca Records version with Arthur Young and Very Lynn heard in this YouTube video. As a result of Germany's attack on Poland, England and France declared war on Germany the 3rd of September 1939.
44. Too well loved to ever be forgotten. 45. Treasured in my heart you’ll stay, until we meet again someday. 46. You will forever stay alive in my memories and my heart. 47. Until we meet again. 48.