 Genius Meanings
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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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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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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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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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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – We'll Meet Again
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Original 1939 version of the popular standard. Lynn’s version (based on its release date and in a woman’s voice), speaks to the trouble and uncertainty of the times. It was
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Forget-Me-Not
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Forget me not today / Though I am far away / Just let my memory stay / Safe in your heart / Parting brings sorrow / Hope for tomorrow / Sweetheart, what e'er betide / Let true love
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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 (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 – 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 – Please Think of Me
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Please think of me whenever you’re lonely / Whenever you’re lonely, please think of me / While I’m away, I’ll dream of you only / I’ll dream of you only, while I’m away / No other
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – Sailing
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I am sailing / I am sailing / Home again / 'Cross the sea / I am sailing / Stormy waters / To be near you / To be free / I am flying / I am flying / Like a bird / 'Cross the sky
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Vera Lynn – There’ll Always Be an England
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I give you a toast Ladies and gentlemen / I give you a toast Ladies and gentlemen / May this fair land we love so well / In Dignity and freedom dwell / While worlds may change and
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Vera Lynn – Half As Much / Isle of Innisfree / You Belong to Me
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If you love me half as much as I love you / You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do / I know that I would never feel this blue / If you only loved me half as much as I love
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Vera Lynn – There’ll Always Be an England (1962)
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[Intro] / I give you a toast, ladies and gentlemen / I give you a toast, ladies and gentlemen / May this fair land we love so well / In Dignity and freedom dwell / The worlds may
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Vera Lynn – When the Lights Go On Again
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When the lights go on again all over the world / And the boys are home again all over the world / And rain or snow is all that may fall from the skies above / A kiss won't mean "
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Vera Lynn – I Don’t Want to Set the World On Fire
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[Verse 1] / I don't want to set the world on fire / I just want to start a flame in your heart / In my heart I have but one desire / And that one is you, no other will do / [Bridge
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Vera Lynn – Wishing (Will Make It So)
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Wishing will make it so / Just keep on wishing and care will go / Dreamers tell us dreams come true / It's no mistake / Wishing are the dreams we dream when we're awake / The
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