My nan was a GI Bride from the West Midlands swept away to the far American West. I went to 6th form in the UK, am well versed in Vera Lynn, Flanagan & Allen,etc and know that 1/4th of my little heart tries to be the best of British it can be ❤ 🇬🇧
Who cares about the young people in Britain? I am a 66 year old fogie in America. I cry every time I hear this song. Because I fully understand the back-story it is about. Yes, it's about WW-2 bombing over England and the horrible threat of conquest by the Nazis. But, in a much broader sense, it's about the human spirit surviving and triumphing over adversity or tyranny. In ANY time, era, or locale.
This old Navy man sits here in my den, this tune bringing a tear to my old eyes thinking of all friends and family now gone and how lucky I have been to have served with some great great countrymen who never came home with me, thank you Vera Lynn for letting this old guy remember some long lost buddies.
OMG how right you are Jerry all men and women in the arm force's and family and relatives and friends who have passed away, and the arm force's men and women never came home again we will never forget them. ;:-) RIP to them. 🌷🌷
You were among the bravest, heroes all, each and every one, the risks you went through, suffered, withstood in your superbly magnificent and utter strength of character, stand forever in our admiration and in holy defiance of the evil that beset humanity…God bless all those you knew and now miss, and God bless you for the Good you did for all of us…
Thanks to you, a true hero, who freed Europe and made so many sacrifices. I truely admire your generation! Something like this we will never see again, a generation giving up everything to protect and safe complete strangers. May all of these heroes rest in peace! Thanks you for your service, I wish you many healthy years to come. God bless you! God bless the Greatest Generation!
Snap ! My dad was a fireman throughout the war and would never speak of the horrors he witnessed. To think what our country has become saddens me greatly.
My mom was a WW2 British War Bride and my dad met her in England and brought her to America. He had to marry .y mom twice. He could not take her to America until he married her in England first. Love can spark in every corner of the world.
I'm a WWII baby, born in 1943. How I miss my parents generation and all it represented. Vera Lynn was an angel for the good she did in a tumultuous time. She us singing with the angels.
My mother died aged 93 June 6th 2019 - on the 75th Anniversary of D DAY I agree how I miss my parents generation and all it represented My father was born in 1929 (died 2002) Every time I hear Dame Vera sing this song it makes me😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭cry cry cry cry
@@joanne26your not alone. Here’s me thinking of 17 year old grandpa on his train platform and also sobbing 😢 I’m only 26 but the very few stories he told me (they were so modest and private) hit me like a ton of bricks whenever I go to the train station to go to London (the same platform he went to war on) or whenever I hear Vera Lynn. This stuff is the collective trauma/teary memory of all allied Europe and the Commonwealth
I never heard this song before and I must confess I never heard of Vera Lynn. Amazingly today is my wife's birthday, she passed away at a young age. I was out at the cemetery praying and putting flowers on her grave. I was kind of weepy but being a man of great faith in God one of the last things I said before I left was "I'll see you again someday". I got out to my car to leave and "We'll Meet Again" by Vera Lynn started playing on my car radio. Having never heard this song before, it picked that moment in time to play on the radio. Praise God!
I am American, My Dad was in the South Pacific, Italy, and back into the Pacific, My Brother was In Germany, I was in the Navy in Italy. I cry when I hear her sing. There will always be an England.
I'm an American born in 1948 but I know the history, the music and the emotions... Blessings to all who served and those who fought at home .. May these crazy wars please stop forever.
I'm a millennial, and I'm American, not British. I've never even seen the white cliffs of Dover, but when I hear Vera Lynn sing the song, it's hard not to tear up. It's a song that speaks to the resilience of the human spirit, the notion that the world around you can be falling apart but you still cling to whatever corner of hope you can grab as a life raft.
my father was a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force in WW2, flying out of Britain. He had a rough war, going over as an idealistic late teen and coming home a toughened and embittered man who had shut off his emotions due to the losses he experienced. Dame Vera was the exception - the White Cliffs of Dover and We'll Meet Again never failed to tear him up. I don't believe that anyone who goes to war comes home unscathed, physically or emotionally. God Bless them all for their sacrifices.
Being from Germany I always spend my summer holidays in Sussex by the sea after using the ferry from Calais to Dover. Never went through the tunnel, but I always want to see the White Cliffs of Dover every time I cross the channel there. A beautiful sight - and a kind of 'philosophy'. I have always loved Good Old England as a holiday place, contrary to my friends, who always laugh at me for they prefer Spain or Italy or Greece. As for the song: I think it brings up memories to the people who experienced hat period of time with all its sufferings and misery. Similarly to 'Lilly Marleen', that was sung and listened to by the German people. Songs like that have become part of world culture and do not longer indicate political hostilities....
@@henryseidel5469 This song would likely not even exist if it weren't for the Germans dragging Europe into WWII. The writer is longing for peace and home because the Germans started a war that they had to leave home to fight.
@@henryseidel5469 Don't think that is what the comment was about. Nowhere does it suggest that Germany declared war; it correctly states that Germany "dragged Europe into WWII" with the invasion of Poland after the annexation of the Sudetenland etc.
What a warm and intimate performance. And, gosh -- what pipes she had, even in her late 60s! RIP, dear one. You moved more than one generation with your songs.
I am watching this video in 2024 and I pray to God that there will forever more be blue birds over the white cliffs of Dover and there will forever be love and laughter and peace ever after and all the little Jimmies and Janes all over the world go to sleep in their own little rooms again.
This brings tears to my German eyes....never again war between Anglosaxon brothers.....I love England 🇬🇧♥️ deeply my favorite holiday destination....stay strong in this times my beloved England.
My father in law Hans Hilgers was a ME109 pilot n North Africa during WW2. He became a prisoner of war in Canada and England and settled in this country after the war. He loved singing these songs as did my mum and dad who were in the ATS and Royal Artillery during WW2 - RIP ❤
I sit here in FLA USA with tears in my eyes rbering being a young boy I'm England and listening to our vrra as Mom used to call her.we as a country loved her and god has anew angrl who will sing for ever.thank you Vera at 82 we will meet again
My mother and I sat out on the deck of a ship sailing to Bremerhaven, and as we sailed passed the White Cliffs of Dover,she gave me the words to this song. It is now 2023 and our soldiers are going to war...The song never dies...wish wars died. But we'll meet again can still be sung for lovers who know that they are going to be seperated for whatever reason but know that "we'll meet again". 😎Anna Penrod
@@neilcorkhill3245 I lived that era and that song is about much more than those who paid the ultimate price. We served, we were separated from our buddies and our families for who knew how long, but we always believed that we would be back together again some how, some place, some time. If you didn't believe that, you were done for.
Rest in peace, Dame Vera Lynn. You have h touched the souls of those who have heard your honest, sincere, and soulful singing voice, so calm, so soothing, and so peaceful.
Vera Lynn was a youthful 67 years old in 1984. Never did she imagine she would celebrate her 100th birthday in 2017. She isn't going to be around for many more years, and her music will never be forgotten.
Even now in my eighty's, hearing her voice offering a troubled world encouragement, brings a tear to an otherwise jaded person such as me. Thank the Lord He gave her to us during such difficult period in our history.
What a wonderful woman, and two fantastic songs that still bring tears to my 87 year old eyes.Today is Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021. RIP Dame Vera Lynn
I have tears running down my cheeks listening to this Angel and knowing she is gone.She meant so much to so many young men at war along with my Dad and their loved ones waiting at home. .
My dads most memorable moment was when he went to a dance with my mom. Vera Lynn was the main attraction. She walked down the middle of the room of over 300 ppl, right past my dad. Wonderful memories! He was 16 when he joined up as flight crew 2nd week of the start of WW2.
I'm 61 years old. I can't get enough of same Vera Lynn. I'm American and I still get goosebumps when I hear her lovely voice. God bless that angel in heaven. She was an angel on earth now an angel in heaven. God bless her her family our families and God bless our troops
Vera was the epitome of the Golden Generation who fought, suffered, and died so we could remain free. She never put a foot wrong in her long life. Thank you Vera. R.I.P. forever. Your work is done.
And look what this current generation is doing to that same country.. they won't stand for that flag that flew over Iwo Jima, they don't want to sing the song about that same Star Spangled Banner, they burn and trash cities they came home to, and they rewrite the history they learned as high school students before they enlisted to fight on far off places.
@janeiwasduncan8463 there are still people of this generation that do live for these values. I appreciate my previous generation, for what they have gone through for us. Saving whole of Europe! Bringing us closer together. I am an old soul, so that may be the reason why I feel so left out, knowing the state of my country, everything gets banned, being proud is nowadays illegal. God bless all of you! From a 18 year old of The Netherlands!
Of course she looks many years past 50 here, and there's nothing wrong with that. As for the voice - now THAT is ageless. She could be 30 with that voice!
@@Trek001 She took care of herself till her death her voice was still stunning in her nineties, an octave lower but still beautiful rest in peace Dame Vera Lynn!
I’m a 90 year American and these two songs bring back those war years-my brothers in the military overseas, hearing war news everyday, a child frightened but comforted by this voice.
I don't know how old you are but keep this music alive in the hearts of your kids when you have them. And Vera's amazing generation who fought so hard, and so bravely so we could be free. My dad was in the RAF in far east and my father in law was a imprisoned by the Japanese and went through sheer hell and only just survived. It's up to younger people today to make sure their guts and sacrifice are never forgotten
These songs are what held allied forces together. Vera Lynn was a gracious and beautiful woman, and with the voice that you could listen too forever. She gave the servicemen and women the feeling of passing on their messages through music
She did a tour in Burma with just her and a pianist travelling with the piano on the back of whatever transport they could find. At one point the heat and humidity were so bad the glue in the piano started softening and a couple of the servicemen had to come up and hold it together so they could finish the show. Got within 20 miles of the front lines at one time.
@@ianmoseley9910 Yes. One of my cousins was on that Front and survived to return to England. Later he became the President of the Burma Star Association and carried the banner at the Albert Hall Remembrance ceremony. She sang for the Burma Star boys frequently at their reunions, appearing at least once at the Canadian reunion. They all felt that she belonged to them after what she did on that Burma visit.
What a voice at 77. I heard this all through the 50 s and my dad a bombardier 39-43 sang along otherwise we wouldn't have know he was even there. Truly the greatest generation.
Being from Germany I love these songs very much for I can imagine what kind of emotions are coming up in the memories of the people that experienced that era. Really great !
During the dark days of the war my Mum taught me these songs . I spent my 2 nd birthday watching troops coming back from Dunkirk and my third birthday party in our air raid shelter. For me they were happy days, because that great British spirit united us against a common enemy.
Rick Roscoe Well, she improvised with the lyrics, because bluebirds have never flown over the cliffs of Dover - she saw bluebirds in America. I don't think there are any in the UK. It was symbolic, nothing more I think.
Rick Roscoe Yes, I think that's why I began to cry when she got to "bluebirds": right now, on 4-9-20, we *don't* know what will happen a month from now, or 6 months from now. For every older person like myself, who's just spent 30 days in complete isolation, that kind of hope is precious. Thank You Dame Vera Lynn and RUclips.
i am in floods of tears watching this, i am so proud of her, my favorite female singer, my favorite male singer is al bowlly. god bless you vera, and i hope you have many more years.
Doesnt she just make your heart melt and it breaks my heart to see what is going on in England and World Wide that people have no respect for what these brave people fought and died for these ungrateful people and corrupt Politicians of today that call there Veterans and Patriots far right thugs for trying to protect there monuments and there history so sad to see . God Bless You Dame Vera Lynn May You Rest In Piece Thank You
i'm from rhode island , usa and it's happening here to.i don't know what these people are thinking.it seems so many have bought into marxism . by the time they wake up their freedom will be gone forever.my dad was in england before going to normandy with the 1st infantry div. he was in 5 major campaigns . he didn't talk much about the war but a few months before his passing in 2014 ,while we were watching the news ,he said to me sadly "we fought the war for nothing". i guess he sensed this coming.
hillary ilinsky My lovely Dad was also a veteran of WW2! I am thankful he isn’t witnessing from this earthly place what is happening, because I am sure he would share your Dad’s sentiments!! It makes my heart ache to think of the sacrifices they all made so that we could live in peace and to now see the “march of the left” trying to destabilise our hard won democracy. Its up to us to stay strong and not bow to their thuggery....do our research before we vote!!! No matter where we live!! 🇦🇺
@@@hillaryilinsky1009 Fear not, Hillary; there are millions of Americans who feel just as you do, and they will be electing Donald Trump to a second term so he can continue to "drain the swamp" and truly make America great again. And we will give him BOTH houses of Congress along with forty states. We, the "silent majority" are fed up with the Democrat Fascists (for that is truly what they are) burning our cities and "fundamentally transforming America".
This American history teacher, always obsessed by Churchill and the Battle of Britain, discovered Dame Vera about 10 years ago. I strongly recommend you watch the footage of her singing "Land of Hope and Glory" sometime in the '50's (wearing a silver dress shaped like a bell) and backed by a male chorus; her 40th anniversary D-Day Special in '84; her VE Day Performance in Rotterdan in 1985, where elderly Dutch citizens sing along with the woman who helped them survive the German occupation (as they resisted by tuning into the BBC); the 2017 BBC tribute "We'll Meet Again;" and her final public performance in 1995 at the VE celebrations in London. And I believe everyone owes it to her to watch some of the documentary footage of her singing to "her boys" in Burma--she demanded to go where no other entertainers went, she roughed it through the jungle, put up with insects and heat and rations, sang within earshot of the Japanese, and risked her life and health to bring some magic to the men. I knew this day would come, when she would pass, but I am still very sad, and of course no one "across the pond" here knows who she is or what she did, which makes it even worse for me. In her case, all the superlatives are true: heroic, optimistic, down-to-earth, patriotic, dedicated, hard-working, sentimental, talented. She had a long recording career after the War ended, but never resented being the icon of "their finest hour." RIP, Dame Vera. You helped Britain stand alone from June of '40 to June of '41, thus saving the world (esp. the USA) from the scourge of Fascism and Nazism. I for one am grateful
Still with us in 2020 at 103 years young, and together with a group of Musical Actors from London's West End, Dame Vera has done a salute to Front Line Workers and everyone in isolation during Covid 19. What a gal ! God Bless You, Dame Vera. We'll Meet Again has become an Anthem during Corona Virus Isolation. 80 years after the start of WWII and people are still singing this great song. Amazing. ❤️🇨🇦🎶
My Dad and my Uncle Charlie were in the Navy together. Uncle Charlie was dating Alberta Johnson and he was taking my Dad to meet Alberta's sister Marie and the four of them went on a double date. It didn't take long that Aunt Bert became Alberta Hoffner and her sister was became Marie Jenkins and my mother. We are from a big Irish catholic family back in the day every wedding was a family reunion and my mom and Aunt Bert had always sang and danced they were in commercials, on The Al Alberts Showcase a weekly variety show. At those weddings and other family functions the four of them would go on stage or dance floor and have the band play while they sang this song. Vera 40 years later sounds as good as ever.
Dame Vera Lynn had such a nice voice, and she sang with feeling. That is what makes her songs so Great, Both songs are really worth to listen and enjoy listening them.
I sang this on May 27, 1946 on my way to Germany after a stop over in England. It was my 9th birthday and I won the talent contest as we sailed passing the White Cliffs of Dover. What a special memory.
Vera Lynn just died a few days ago -- either just after or just before her 103rd birthday. What a fine star! I love hearing her sing "We'll Meet Again."
The younger generation may not appreciate the significance of "and Jimmy will go to sleep in his own little room again" - Many of us kids were evacuated away from the dangers of London which was being bombed.
Incredible. Absolutely incredible. To think of how much hope and love she gifted, and still gifts to humanity. This is a life well lived- giving love and soul and worth and value to others. Love is all we can be certain of.
Listened to these songs as a young kid in SW London in the 50s. They were on 78rpm records played on my grandmother's gramophone (remember those?) then but hearing them now brings back great memories. Thank you Dame Vera, RIP.
As an American child in the USA I remember Dame Lynn voice on the radio during the war. Fast forward on a business trip I had the pleasure seeing Dame Lynn in London. Cannot sing but I sang along with the audience. Surprised my colleagues and myself. RIP
Just what all of us need to hear at this time. The human race has faced much worse than Covid 19 and survived. Listening to Vera Lynn brings that home to the generation that was born after that nightmare.
Such heartfelt wonderful comments it's not possible to listen to our own Vera and not shed a tear. And what a wonderful tribute to have a statue in honour of this wonderful lady erected at the White cliffs please let the statue catch the beauty. And do justice to our very own Vera are the public able to contribute. To the fund yet?
I've always been a fan of Vera Lynn since I first heard her sing when I was a child. She has a most beautiful voice and the lyrics of the songs take you to a place only our greatest generation was.
what a lovely lady ,done so much for our lads out there during the war .she's all about what the great british spirit was wonder if we've still got it ?god bless ye dame Vera what a gem xx
From America she is still a beautiful gift.
To America, you lost it, no, you threw it away
I hope the young people in Great Britain truely know and never forget what a gift this lady was.
The entire world should not forget this beautiful lady.
Nobody, I say again NOBODY, sings this song like her! I cry for all this song was written for.
My nan was a GI Bride from the West Midlands swept away to the far American West. I went to 6th form in the UK, am well versed in Vera Lynn, Flanagan & Allen,etc and know that 1/4th of my little heart tries to be the best of British it can be ❤ 🇬🇧
Who cares about the young people in Britain? I am a 66 year old fogie in America. I cry every time I hear this song. Because I fully understand the back-story it is about.
Yes, it's about WW-2 bombing over England and the horrible threat of conquest by the Nazis.
But, in a much broader sense, it's about the human spirit surviving and triumphing over adversity or tyranny. In ANY time, era, or locale.
I have a lot of Respect for this lady my uncle was in Burma for 4 yrs...and she actually turned up unbelievable she Helped Win a World War...LWF....
This old Navy man sits here in my den, this tune bringing a tear to my old eyes thinking of all friends and family now gone and how lucky I have been to have served with some great great countrymen who never came home with me, thank you Vera Lynn for letting this old guy remember some long lost buddies.
Bless you Jerry, thanks to you and your mates I live free in our beloved country. I grew up knowing about this wonderful lady, stay safe and thank you
OMG how right you are Jerry all men and women in the arm force's and family and relatives and friends who have passed away, and the arm force's men and women never came home again we will never forget them. ;:-) RIP to them. 🌷🌷
God bless you and all the other service men and women who served our country.
You were among the bravest, heroes all, each and every one, the risks you went through, suffered, withstood in your superbly magnificent and utter strength of character, stand forever in our admiration and in holy defiance of the evil that beset humanity…God bless all those you knew and now miss, and God bless you for the Good you did for all of us…
Thanks to you, a true hero, who freed Europe and made so many sacrifices. I truely admire your generation! Something like this we will never see again, a generation giving up everything to protect and safe complete strangers. May all of these heroes rest in peace! Thanks you for your service, I wish you many healthy years to come. God bless you! God bless the Greatest Generation!
i was born in 1950 and was brought up to this sort of music as my dad would sing all the war songs to me
Snap ! My dad was a fireman throughout the war and would never speak of the horrors he witnessed. To think what our country has become saddens me greatly.
She is Marvelous ,love this music,The kind you can hear with the music.Beautiful
My dad was a veteran and every time he heard Vera Lynn sing he would fill up . He was stationed in England during the war .
My dad was there on Omaha Beach for D-day. Every time I hear this song I cry.
My mom was a WW2 British War Bride and my dad met her in England and brought her to America. He had to marry .y mom twice. He could not take her to America until he married her in England first. Love can spark in every corner of the world.
God bless him. Beautiful tribute ❤
Ahhh no words. What.a treasure. God Bless You Vera. Your trip to Burma and to the Frontline, will never be forgotten. What Ccourage.
I'm a WWII baby, born in 1943. How I miss my parents generation and all it represented. Vera Lynn was an angel for the good she did in a tumultuous time. She us singing with the angels.
My mother died aged 93 June 6th 2019 - on the 75th Anniversary of D DAY
I agree how I miss my parents generation and all it represented
My father was born in 1929 (died 2002)
Every time I hear Dame Vera sing this song it makes me😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭cry cry cry cry
@@joanne26your not alone. Here’s me thinking of 17 year old grandpa on his train platform and also sobbing 😢 I’m only 26 but the very few stories he told me (they were so modest and private) hit me like a ton of bricks whenever I go to the train station to go to London (the same platform he went to war on) or whenever I hear Vera Lynn. This stuff is the collective trauma/teary memory of all allied Europe and the Commonwealth
Born in 1948, I understand and agree with you about our parents' generation. They really were the greatest generation.
1944 and I too understand.
I never heard this song before and I must confess I never heard of Vera Lynn. Amazingly today is my wife's birthday, she passed away at a young age. I was out at the cemetery praying and putting flowers on her grave. I was kind of weepy but being a man of great faith in God one of the last things I said before I left was "I'll see you again someday". I got out to my car to leave and "We'll Meet Again" by Vera Lynn started playing on my car radio. Having never heard this song before, it picked that moment in time to play on the radio. Praise God!
Truly amazing, you teared up this old guy.
To all the people of the ww2 generation. Thank you for my freedom growing up after ww2
What a era. Rip vera lynn.
Star, icon, inspiration, national treasure. She was everything.
A world cultural heritage!
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I am American, My Dad was in the South Pacific, Italy, and back into the Pacific, My Brother was In Germany, I was in the Navy in Italy. I cry when I hear her sing. There will always be an England.
I'm an American born in 1948 but I know the history, the music and the emotions... Blessings to all who served and those who fought at home .. May these crazy wars please stop forever.
I'm a millennial, and I'm American, not British. I've never even seen the white cliffs of Dover, but when I hear Vera Lynn sing the song, it's hard not to tear up. It's a song that speaks to the resilience of the human spirit, the notion that the world around you can be falling apart but you still cling to whatever corner of hope you can grab as a life raft.
my father was a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force in WW2, flying out of Britain. He had a rough war, going over as an idealistic late teen and coming home a toughened and embittered man who had shut off his emotions due to the losses he experienced. Dame Vera was the exception - the White Cliffs of Dover and We'll Meet Again never failed to tear him up. I don't believe that anyone who goes to war comes home unscathed, physically or emotionally. God Bless them all for their sacrifices.
Being from Germany I always spend my summer holidays in Sussex by the sea after using the ferry from Calais to Dover. Never went through the tunnel, but I always want to see the White Cliffs of Dover every time I cross the channel there. A beautiful sight - and a kind of 'philosophy'.
I have always loved Good Old England as a holiday place, contrary to my friends, who always laugh at me for they prefer Spain or Italy or Greece.
As for the song: I think it brings up memories to the people who experienced hat period of time with all its sufferings and misery. Similarly to 'Lilly Marleen', that was sung and listened to by the German people. Songs like that have become part of world culture and do not longer indicate political hostilities....
@@henryseidel5469 This song would likely not even exist if it weren't for the Germans dragging Europe into WWII. The writer is longing for peace and home because the Germans started a war that they had to leave home to fight.
@@direfranchement Wrong ! It was Britain that declared war on Germany. Don't you know that ?
@@henryseidel5469 Don't think that is what the comment was about. Nowhere does it suggest that Germany declared war; it correctly states that Germany "dragged Europe into WWII" with the invasion of Poland after the annexation of the Sudetenland etc.
My eyes are leaking like crazy. I absolutely LOVE this woman. What Dame Vera Lynn did for England, she did for the whole world. Thank you, Dame Vera.
What a warm and intimate performance. And, gosh -- what pipes she had, even in her late 60s!
RIP, dear one. You moved more than one generation with your songs.
Vera was truly a great wartime heroine, our not-so-secret weapon to keep Britain smiling through ...
@@davidstuckey2546 You were surely blessed to have her on your side!
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@@davidstuckey2546 thanks you for your service, god bless you! For always I will be grateful!
What a beautiful voice she had. It never aged. Love you dearly from America, dear Dame Vera Lynn. ❤️
Worked in a dementia unit for a lot of years and this voice can calm a room in seconds!! RIP VERA True hero.
確實能安撫人心❣️
She remains a force for hope and light!
this woman is truly a national icon, may she rest in peace
What is her religion ?
@@Dicas219 Who cares? It is utterly irrelevant to her legacy.
On this Remembrance Sunday thinking of my darling parents and grandparents 😢❤️🇬🇧
I am watching this video in 2024 and I pray to God that there will forever more be blue birds over the white cliffs of Dover and there will forever be love and laughter and peace ever after and all the little Jimmies and Janes all over the world go to sleep in their own little rooms again.
This brings tears to my German eyes....never again war between Anglosaxon brothers.....I love England 🇬🇧♥️ deeply my favorite holiday destination....stay strong in this times my beloved England.
What a loveley thing to say .we don't realise what a great country we live in.vera lyne we loved you
Very nice words, wars are pointless!
My father in law Hans Hilgers was a ME109 pilot n North Africa during WW2. He became a prisoner of war in Canada and England and settled in this country after the war. He loved singing these songs as did my mum and dad who were in the ATS and Royal Artillery during WW2 - RIP ❤
Bravo from Germany... exactly my feelings... together we are strong
Nice to hear Germans also appreciated Vera. There were no anti-German lyrics in any of her songs, just hope for a more peaceful world for everyone.
Angel on earth and heaven thankyou for everything you did for the world❤
I sit here in FLA USA with tears in my eyes rbering being a young boy I'm England and listening to our vrra as Mom used to call her.we as a country loved her and god has anew angrl who will sing for ever.thank you Vera at 82 we will meet again
My mother and I sat out on the deck of a ship sailing to Bremerhaven,
and as we sailed passed the White Cliffs of Dover,she gave me the words to this song.
It is now 2023 and our soldiers are going to war...The song never dies...wish wars died.
But we'll meet again can still be sung for lovers who know that they are going to be seperated
for whatever reason but know that "we'll meet again". 😎Anna Penrod
It is about solders that have died
@@neilcorkhill3245 I lived that era and that song is about much more than those who paid the ultimate price. We served, we were separated from our buddies and our families for who knew how long, but we always believed that we would be back together again some how, some place, some time. If you didn't believe that, you were done for.
Rest in peace, dear Vera. Your voice has soothed many souls. What a gift, and what a legacy
Beautiful stated!! Thank you, Dame Vera, for all you’ve done and all the joy and hope you brought to so many for so long!
bsc nyc - Yes, we shall! ❤️
It's so sad 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Rest in peace, Dame Vera Lynn. You have h touched the souls of those who have heard your honest, sincere, and soulful singing voice, so calm, so soothing, and so peaceful.
....You have.touched the souls...
Vera Lynn was a youthful 67 years old in 1984. Never did she imagine she would celebrate her 100th birthday in 2017. She isn't going to be around for many more years, and her music will never be forgotten.
I was happy that she turned 100. I am amazed at people who already were "old" in the 80s. Bless her
Well, she's still alive, that's good.
She's alive at 102 now but she may pass away at any given day now.
Yes she is.
HJP1 HJP2 February 18, 2020: she is still here, I don’t know about going strong, but she’s now 102, will be 103 March 20!
Even now in my eighty's, hearing her voice offering a troubled world encouragement, brings a tear to an otherwise jaded person such as me.
Thank the Lord He gave her to us during such difficult period in our history.
What a classy and elegant lady, what a superb and mellow voice. One in a million. How fortunate you Britons are for having had Vera Lynn.
A national treasure.
What a wonderful woman, and two fantastic songs that still bring tears to my 87 year old eyes.Today is Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021. RIP Dame Vera Lynn
God bless you, sir.
I WAS BORN IN 1937...BUT... NOT TOO LATE TO CATCH UP WITH THE MAGIC OF VERA LYNN'S MAGNIFICENT RECORDINGS...LUCKY ME!!!
I have tears running down my cheeks listening to this Angel and knowing she is gone.She meant so much to so many young men at war along with my Dad and their loved ones waiting at home. .
Well Said!
My dads most memorable moment was when he went to a dance with my mom. Vera Lynn was the main attraction. She walked down the middle of the room of over 300 ppl, right past my dad. Wonderful memories! He was 16 when he joined up as flight crew 2nd week of the start of WW2.
Me to x
I'm not British, I'm Danish and I know how great a singer she was, god be with her, she deserves it...
I'm 61 years old. I can't get enough of same Vera Lynn. I'm American and I still get goosebumps when I hear her lovely voice. God bless that angel in heaven. She was an angel on earth now an angel in heaven. God bless her her family our families and God bless our troops
Hello Lori, How are you doing?
Amen to that comment rip vera. God bless you for all those years of proforming.
Classic. Never goes out of style. Very emotional.
I cry every time U hear this !
@@michaelaymard896 who is not crying?
Michael Ball
Vera was the epitome of the Golden Generation who fought, suffered, and died so we could remain free. She never put a foot wrong in her long life. Thank you Vera. R.I.P. forever. Your work is done.
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And look what this current generation is doing to that same country.. they won't stand for that flag that flew over Iwo Jima, they don't want to sing the song about that same Star Spangled Banner, they burn and trash cities they came home to, and they rewrite the history they learned as high school students before they enlisted to fight on far off places.
@@janeiwasduncan8463 🤓
@janeiwasduncan8463 there are still people of this generation that do live for these values. I appreciate my previous generation, for what they have gone through for us. Saving whole of Europe! Bringing us closer together. I am an old soul, so that may be the reason why I feel so left out, knowing the state of my country, everything gets banned, being proud is nowadays illegal. God bless all of you! From a 18 year old of The Netherlands!
Incredible for a 67-year-old. She doesn't look a day over 50, nor sound it. Now wonder she's still with us today on her 103rd birthday.
Still listening April 3rd 2020
She is amazing. A national treasure.
She recently celebrated her 103rd birthday.
Of course she looks many years past 50 here, and there's nothing wrong with that. As for the voice - now THAT is ageless. She could be 30 with that voice!
@@AALavdas honestly she doesn't. If asked I'd give her like 48 years
Amazing. Her voice hadn’t aged a day since the early 40’s recording.
It’s gotten even better
I agree, still a stirring voice, but more mature.
She taken really good care of it, and of herself.
If I remember rightly, she took a period away from singing which most likely preserved her voice
@@Trek001 She took care of herself till her death her voice was still stunning in her nineties, an octave lower but still beautiful rest in peace Dame Vera Lynn!
nog altijd mooi, ik was op Omaha beach een aantal jaren geleden in frankrijk met mijn maat frank en dan wordt je vanzelf stil
IF BRITAIN EVER HAD ONE SINGLE REASON FOR KEEPING UP MORALE, IT WAS THIS GREAT LADY!!
FROM Ventura, California-YES! She was a big part of The Greatest Generation. Great music, Great encouragement for her generation.
I am now thinking on all those brave Tommys who has given the best of them for my freedom i am gratefull and never forget those golden people
I wish my generation had our own Vera Lynn.
Craig McIntosh we do her name is Vera Lynn
We do, we have many, they just sing worse music.
We do it’s cardi B
keep wishing. music exists no more.
@@ethanwashoe5868 that's bleak and depressing
I remember listening to her when I was just a very young girl, and the war was going on. Keeping up our spirits in the dark days.
No backing choristers here or dazzling special effects. Just a voice and what a voice. Sincerity personified.
What a forever song mate
I’m a 90 year American and these two songs bring back those war years-my brothers in the military overseas, hearing war news everyday, a child frightened but comforted by this voice.
May God bless you in your grand age. I hope he made it out safe and wasn't scarred for life.
I’m listening to this in 2020 with tears in my eyes. Hope and belief in the future is a wonderful thing.
R.I.P. for this beautifull lady....🙏🙏🙏 dank U wel, lieve mevrouw...😚
Spot on ❤️❤️
listening again in 2023. still as beautiful as in the 1940s. ❤
We are witnessing the passing of a generation. May Dame Vera rest in peace. 😢🙏😍
God damn, she's talented! I'm seriously depressed that my generation will never know such beautiful music
I don't know how old you are but keep this music alive in the hearts of your kids when you have them. And Vera's amazing generation who fought so hard, and so bravely so we could be free. My dad was in the RAF in far east and my father in law was a imprisoned by the Japanese and went through sheer hell and only just survived. It's up to younger people today to make sure their guts and sacrifice are never forgotten
Please stop breaking God's commandment.
We should be.
These songs are what held allied forces together. Vera Lynn was a gracious and beautiful woman, and with the voice that you could listen too forever.
She gave the servicemen and women the feeling of passing on their messages through music
It makes me proud to be English during this terrible time god bless her x
She still is!
She did a tour in Burma with just her and a pianist travelling with the piano on the back of whatever transport they could find. At one point the heat and humidity were so bad the glue in the piano started softening and a couple of the servicemen had to come up and hold it together so they could finish the show. Got within 20 miles of the front lines at one time.
@@ianmoseley9910 Yes. One of my cousins was on that Front and survived to return to England. Later he became the President of the Burma Star Association and carried the banner at the Albert Hall Remembrance ceremony. She sang for the Burma Star boys frequently at their reunions, appearing at least once at the Canadian reunion. They all felt that she belonged to them after what she did on that Burma visit.
Vera was a singer with a big heart that was loved by the nation.
As a Canadian I see her and my tears burst forth. We nations are family forever.
What a voice at 77. I heard this all through the 50 s and my dad a bombardier 39-43 sang along otherwise we wouldn't have know he was even there. Truly the greatest generation.
Being from Germany I love these songs very much for I can imagine what kind of emotions are coming up in the memories of the people that experienced that era. Really great !
This lady epitomizes grace, beauty and class.
Thank you so much Dame Vera for having kept my mummy and daddy strong and steadfast.
loveiy lady you will be remembered with such fondness xx
And now we have 2019 and Vera Lynn still is the DAME!
There was nothing like that Dame!!!!🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵
She Passed Away in June 18th, 2020, at the age of *103*
I remember listening to Vera during the war, she was a great inspiration during those hard times.
During the dark days of the war my Mum taught me these songs . I spent my 2 nd birthday watching troops coming back from Dunkirk and my third birthday party in our air raid shelter. For me they were happy days, because that great British spirit united us against a common enemy.
即使我是海外華人，土生土長新加坡高齡者，卻難忘兒時聽到Vera這些戰時歌曲⋯⋯眼眶隨即濕潤🥲
為了The White Cliff of Dover這首歌，我特地遠赴倫敦，專程到Dover海港，細賞那白色山崖White Cliff💖
Rest in Peace Dame Vera Lynne. Onenofbthe best people ever. A symbol as well as a talented performer. We will you well on your journey x
Just sitting here listening and crying. That voice is still beautiful.
She will never be replaced what a great lady
Hello Theresa, How are you doing?
Who would've thought she would live another 36 years. May she live as long she can, with out ill and only in health. Love Vera Lynn.
Its nice to know some folks are still listening to this music all these years later. Its amazing her voice sounds so good after all this time.
A member of the greatest generation.
Vera....Vera....What has become of you.
She is still ticking mate, 100 years old last year.
VA24541 yup
She will live on forever.
Greatest generation? There's a competition? Really?
How we need a Vera Lynn now in 2020 she would get us through the pandemic
'We'll meet again' is my favourite song, when I told my grandma, she told me that it was my great-grandfather's favourite song too
When she first sang the songs, nobody knew if there would ever be bluebirds over Dover. She gave hope that there would.
Rick Roscoe Well, she improvised with the lyrics, because bluebirds have never flown over the cliffs of Dover - she saw bluebirds in America. I don't think there are any in the UK.
It was symbolic, nothing more I think.
@@stephenpotter9942 The song was written by two Americans, Walter Kent and Nat Burton, who weren't aware that we don't have bluebirds in England.
Rick Roscoe Yes, I think that's why I began to cry when she got to "bluebirds": right now, on 4-9-20, we *don't* know what will happen a month from now, or 6 months from now. For every older person like myself, who's just spent 30 days in complete isolation, that kind of hope is precious. Thank You Dame Vera Lynn and RUclips.
You’ve got to have hope.
@@volition51 It's her other classic that gets to me. But today's lot seem to be incapable of pronouncing t d or p
i am in floods of tears watching this, i am so proud of her, my favorite female singer, my favorite male singer is al bowlly. god bless you vera, and i hope you have many more years.
Twiddlybobby my time my people my land
Twiddlybobby me too
Al Bowlly was killed in the blitz. A tragedy.
Me too!
Doesnt she just make your heart melt and it breaks my heart to see what is going on in England and World Wide that people have no respect for what these brave people fought and died for these ungrateful people and corrupt Politicians of today that call there Veterans and Patriots far right thugs for trying to protect there monuments and there history so sad to see . God Bless You Dame Vera Lynn May You Rest In Piece Thank You
i'm from rhode island , usa and it's happening here to.i don't know what these people are thinking.it seems so many have bought into marxism . by the time they wake up their freedom will be gone forever.my dad was in england before going to normandy with the 1st infantry div. he was in 5 major campaigns . he didn't talk much about the war but a few months before his passing in 2014 ,while we were watching the news ,he said to me sadly "we fought the war for nothing". i guess he sensed this coming.
yes!!
@@hillaryilinsky1009 All those lives lost, for what? When will we ever learn?
hillary ilinsky My lovely Dad was also a veteran of WW2! I am thankful he isn’t witnessing from this earthly place what is happening, because I am sure he would share your Dad’s sentiments!! It makes my heart ache to think of the sacrifices they all made so that we could live in peace and to now see the “march of the left” trying to destabilise our hard won democracy. Its up to us to stay strong and not bow to their thuggery....do our research before we vote!!! No matter where we live!! 🇦🇺
@@@hillaryilinsky1009 Fear not, Hillary; there are millions of Americans who feel just as you do, and they will be electing Donald Trump to a second term so he can continue to "drain the swamp" and truly make America great again. And we will give him BOTH houses of Congress along with forty states.
We, the "silent majority" are fed up with the Democrat Fascists (for that is truly what they are) burning our cities and "fundamentally transforming America".
This American history teacher, always obsessed by Churchill and the Battle of Britain, discovered Dame Vera about 10 years ago. I strongly recommend you watch the footage of her singing "Land of Hope and Glory" sometime in the '50's (wearing a silver dress shaped like a bell) and backed by a male chorus; her 40th anniversary D-Day Special in '84; her VE Day Performance in Rotterdan in 1985, where elderly Dutch citizens sing along with the woman who helped them survive the German occupation (as they resisted by tuning into the BBC); the 2017 BBC tribute "We'll Meet Again;" and her final public performance in 1995 at the VE celebrations in London. And I believe everyone owes it to her to watch some of the documentary footage of her singing to "her boys" in Burma--she demanded to go where no other entertainers went, she roughed it through the jungle, put up with insects and heat and rations, sang within earshot of the Japanese, and risked her life and health to bring some magic to the men. I knew this day would come, when she would pass, but I am still very sad, and of course no one "across the pond" here knows who she is or what she did, which makes it even worse for me. In her case, all the superlatives are true: heroic, optimistic, down-to-earth, patriotic, dedicated, hard-working, sentimental, talented. She had a long recording career after the War ended, but never resented being the icon of "their finest hour." RIP, Dame Vera. You helped Britain stand alone from June of '40 to June of '41, thus saving the world (esp. the USA) from the scourge of Fascism and Nazism. I for one am grateful
Just crying like a little child listening to Vera. She truly is a goddess.
Yes.
Dame Vera. God Bless her and all the boys and girls that saw us through the war. Wish i was british then not now 😢
Such a great, brave generation. Bawling my eyes out.
Still with us in 2020 at 103 years young, and together with a group of Musical Actors from London's West End, Dame Vera has done a salute to Front Line Workers and everyone in isolation during Covid 19. What a gal ! God Bless You, Dame Vera. We'll Meet Again has become an Anthem during Corona Virus Isolation. 80 years after the start of WWII and people are still singing this great song. Amazing. ❤️🇨🇦🎶
My Dad and my Uncle Charlie were in the Navy together. Uncle Charlie was dating Alberta Johnson and he was taking my Dad to meet Alberta's sister Marie and the four of them went on a double date. It didn't take long that Aunt Bert became Alberta Hoffner and her sister was became Marie Jenkins and my mother. We are from a big Irish catholic family back in the day every wedding was a family reunion and my mom and Aunt Bert had always sang and danced they were in commercials, on The Al Alberts Showcase a weekly variety show. At those weddings and other family functions the four of them would go on stage or dance floor and have the band play while they sang this song. Vera 40 years later sounds as good as ever.
THIS is for captain Tom Moore who's one hundred years OLD today 💙..
Dame Vera Lynn had such a nice voice, and she sang with feeling. That is what makes her songs so Great, Both songs are really worth to listen and enjoy listening them.
I sang this on May 27, 1946 on my way to Germany after a stop over in England. It was my 9th birthday and I won the talent contest as we sailed passing the White Cliffs of Dover. What a special memory.
She just sung so wonderful beautiful song's they all live ewen to day!!❤❤❤❤ Thank's for sharing her's song's to us all!!🤗🥰😊
God bless you Vera lynn
God bless Vera Lynn
An 80 year old veteran and widower still gets teary eyed at this music.
Who's watching this after hearing that Vera Lynn has passed away at 103 ?
They are our young who may have never know her, now they do!!
I just found out! She died last week. What a loss. She lived to 103? Imagine!
4th August 2020 21:17 hrs
Well I like to hear her sing because she was a very good singer. Both songs re really worth to hear. Regards and have a nice day.
I'm watching and listening to Veras beautiful gift with fond Memories
Vera Lynn just died a few days ago -- either just after or just before her 103rd birthday. What a fine star! I love hearing her sing "We'll Meet Again."
The younger generation may not appreciate the significance of "and Jimmy will go to sleep in his own little room again" - Many of us kids were evacuated away from the dangers of London which was being bombed.
How true your words are but we will always remember won't we as long as w are hrtr
I do appreciate the significances of that as a 19 year old guy!
Incredible. Absolutely incredible. To think of how much hope and love she gifted, and still gifts to humanity. This is a life well lived- giving love and soul and worth and value to others. Love is all we can be certain of.
Listened to these songs as a young kid in SW London in the 50s. They were on 78rpm records played on my grandmother's gramophone (remember those?) then but hearing them now brings back great memories. Thank you Dame Vera, RIP.
She was an amazing performer, and her voice was still beautiful at almost 70.
An incredible vocalist, still had the timbre in her voice, fabulous.
As an American child in the USA I remember Dame Lynn voice on the radio during the war. Fast forward on a business trip I had the pleasure seeing Dame Lynn in London. Cannot sing but I sang along with the audience. Surprised my colleagues and myself. RIP
Just what all of us need to hear at this time. The human race has faced much worse than Covid 19 and survived. Listening to Vera Lynn brings that home to the generation that was born after that nightmare.
In 2023 I went walking alo g the White Cliffs of Dover. I saw in 1 of the fields there is a Plaque commemorating Dame Vera Lynn.
Crying my eyes out here. We've all got a lot to thank for our forefathers. Thank you Vera for helping them.
Only 17 and I am in the same way 😪
Such heartfelt wonderful comments it's not possible to listen to our own Vera and not shed a tear. And what a wonderful tribute to have a statue in honour of this wonderful lady erected at the White cliffs please let the statue catch the beauty. And do justice to our very own Vera are the public able to contribute. To the fund yet?
I've always been a fan of Vera Lynn since I first heard her sing when I was a child. She has a most beautiful voice and the lyrics of the songs take you to a place only our greatest generation was.
Such memories !! A child in the 60s listening to my parents and grand parents singing along to this song.
what a lovely lady ,done so much for our lads out there during the war .she's all about what the great british spirit was wonder if we've still got it ?god bless ye dame Vera what a gem xx
HAPPY 103 BIRTHDAY
DAME VERA Lynn ❤🌸🌹🌷🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻❤❤🌸🌸🌹🌹🌷🌷🌻🌻🌻❤❤❤❤💋.. THE force's sweetheart for ALWAYS AND forever 💯