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Vera Lynn (Ft. Alexander Armstrong) – (There’ll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover
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Written in 1941 by Walter Kent (composition) and Nat Burton (lyrics) as a war song to lift the moral of the Allies, this song was popularised by Vera Lynn and Glen Miller.
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Checkers (USA) – White Cliffs Of Dover
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There'll be blue birds over (Blue birds over!) / The white (The white!) / Cliffs of Dover (Cliffs of Dover!) / Tomorrow (Tomorrow!) / Just you wait and see (Just you wait and see
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The Blue Jays (Blues) – White Cliffs of Dover
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[Chorus] / There'll be bluebirds over / The white cliffs of Dover / Tomorrow, just you wait and see / [Verse 1] / I'll never forget the people I met / Braving those angry skies / I
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Walter Kent – (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover
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This quintessential song to boost British morale during World War II was in fact written by an American lyricist about a year into the war, when Britain was fighting against Nazi
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The Righteous Brothers – The White Cliffs of Dover
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There'll be bluebirds over / The white cliffs of Dover / Tomorrow, just you wait and see / I'll never forget the people I met / Braving those angry sky's / I remember well as the
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Vera Lynn – The White Cliffs of Dover
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[Verse 1] / There'll be bluebirds over / The white cliffs of Dover / Tomorrow, just you wait and see / [Verse 2] / There'll be love and laughter / And peace ever after / Tomorrow
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Vera Lynn – When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver
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[Verse] / When your hair has turned to silver / I will love you just the same / I will only call you sweetheart / That will always be your name / Through a garden filled with roses
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Vera Lynn – There'll Come Another Day
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[Verse 1] / Your dearest memories all remind you / That sorrow never comes to stay / And when the shadows fall behind you / There'll come another day / [Verse 2] / A day to bring
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Vera Lynn (Ft. Denny Dennis) – Two Sleepy People
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[Verse 1: Vera Lynn & Denny Dennis] / Here we are, out of cigarettes / Holding hands and yawning, look how late it gets / Two sleepy people by dawn's early light / And too much in
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Vera Lynn – When You Hear Big Ben
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[Verse 1] / When you hear Big Ben, you're home again / Home, dear, where you belong / Though you're far away each night and day / You'll cry when you hear his song / [Bridge] / He
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Vera Lynn – It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
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It's a lovely day tomorrow / Tomorrow is a lovely day / Come and feast your tear-dimmed eyes / On tomorrow's clear blue skies / If today your heart is weary / If ev'ry little thing
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Vera Lynn – The Love Bug Will Bite You
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[Verse] / Listen all you people, you'd better beware / Love's an epidemic and it's in the air / It's a thing that gets you, even though you're very smart / So take some good advice
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Vera Lynn – When I Grow Too Old to Dream
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When I grow too old to dream / I’ll have you to remember / When I grow too old to dream / Your love will live in my heart / So kiss me my sweet / And so let us part / And when I
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Vera Lynn – When I Grow Too Old to Dream
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When I grow too old to dream / I’ll have you to remember / When I grow too old to dream / Your love will live in my heart / So kiss me my sweet / And so let us part / And when I
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Vera Lynn – Harbour Lights
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One evening long ago / A big ship was leaving / One evening long ago / Lover's were greaving / A crimsom sun went down / The lights began to glow / Across the harbour / One evening
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Vera Lynn – I’m in the Mood for Love
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[Verse 1] / I'm in the mood for love / Simply because you're near me / Funny, but when you're near me / I'm in the mood for love / [Verse 2] / Heaven is in your eyes / Bright as
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Vera Lynn (Ft. Bruce Campbell and His Orchestra) – Again
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[Verse 1] / Again / This couldn't happen again / This is that once in a lifetime / This is the thrill divine / [Verse 2] / What's more / This never happened before / Though, I have
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Vera Lynn – If You Love Me (Really Love Me)
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If the sun should tumble from the sky / If the sea should suddenly run dry / If you love me, really love me / Let it happen, I won't care / If it seems that everything is lost / I
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Vera Lynn – The Loveliest Night of the Year
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When you are in love / It's the loveliest night of the year / Stars twinkle above / And you almost can touch them from here / Words fall into rhyme / Anytime you are holding me
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Vera Lynn – From the Time You Say Goodbye (The Parting Song)
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From the time you say goodbye / From the time you say cheerio / Will you take a handshake true / For your journey as you go? / Leave a prayer within your heart / That the time will
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Vera Lynn – Travellin' Home
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I’m travelling home, travelling home / Far have I roamed from the places I love / Winds that have blown me on my way / Blow me right back to harbour / Distant horizons speak from
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Vera Lynn – Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart
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Vera Lynn heard this German tune from the beer parlors of Switzerland and felt an urge to record this in English. Its original form was written by German composer Eberhard Storch
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Vera Lynn – It’s a Sin to Tell a Lie
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[Intro] / You know it's a sin to tell a lie / Still you keep saying, "I love you" / It may be true, I wish I knew / But I'm giving fair warning to you / [Verse] / Be sure it's true
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Vera Lynn – Who Are We
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Who are we to doubt the things we see, a rose, a leaf, a tree / And who are they to dare to say our love can never be / Ask yourself or ask the friendly dove why bluebirds mate
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Vera Lynn – I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
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[Verse 1] / I'm dreaming dreams / I'm scheming schemes / I'm building castles high / They're born anew / Their days are few / Just like a sweet butterfly / And as the daylight is
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Vera Lynn – The Homing Waltz
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[Verse 1] / A crowd stood around you / The night when I found you / They each wanted you / In the old homing waltz / [Verse 2] / Though you never knew me / You smiled and came to
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Vera Lynn – Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye
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Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye / Cheerio, here I go on my way / Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye / With a cheer, not a tear, make it gay / Give me a smile, I can keep for a
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Vera Lynn – Goodnight, Wherever You Are
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[Intro] / And from all of us at home / It is Vera Lynn saying "Goodnight, boys / Wherever you are, and God bless you" / [Verse 1] / Goodnight, wherever you are / May your dreams be
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Vera Lynn – Up the Wooden Hill to Bedfordshire
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Up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire / Heading for the land of dreams / When I look back to those happy childhood days / Like yesterday it seems / It was grand my mother held my hand
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Vera Lynn – Jealousy
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Jealousy, `twas only through jealousy / Our hearts were broken, and angry words were spoken / Now all I have is memory to cherish so tenderly / With every token you have given to
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Vera Lynn – Faraway Places
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Faraway places / With strange soundin' names / Faraway over the sea / Those faraway places / With the strange soundin' names / Are callin', callin' me / Goin' to China / Or maybe
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Vera Lynn – My Son, My Son
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My son, my son / My son, my son / You're everything to me / My son, my son / You're all I hoped you'd be / My son, my son / My only pride and joy / God bless and keep you safe / My
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Vera Lynn – Be Like the Kettle and Sing
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When all the sky's are grey and It's a rainy day / Think of the birdies in spring / When your up to your neck in hot water / Be like the kettle and sing / Tell that umberella man
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