I posted this on VE day. Thought it was appropriate to post it again as a tribute to Vera Lynn who died today at the age of 103.
I learned today from my friend Mel’s blog (Mel’s Meanderings – check it out) that the bluebirds in the song, “There’ll be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover …” are a reference not to the mythical bluebird at all but to the men in blue in the RAF. Who knew? It makes the song even more poignant.
Here’s “We’ll Meet Again” with some new words of mine to that lovely, evocative old song. With thanks to Dame Vera Lynn.
We’ll eat out again
Don’t know where
Don’t know when
But we’ll eat out again
Some sunny day
We’ll go to theatres too
Just like we used to do
Once we’re allowed
back on the motorway
Please say hello
To the hairdresser I know
Tell her my hair’s quite long
And if you should see
Anyone that knows me
You can sing them this song
We’ll hug again
Don’t know where
Don’t know when
But I know we’ll hug again
Some sunny day
We’ll shake hands too
And I’ll stand right next to you
When the blue skies
Chase these dark clouds far away
And when our loved ones die
We’ll be there to say goodbye
Just like we used to do
We’ll meet again
Don’t know where
Don’t know when
But I know we’ll meet again
Some sunny day
Maybe some day next year
We’ll gather without fear
Although that day
may be very far away
Although it’s hard for me and you
With loved ones dying too
But we know this thing
will one day go away
When our grandchildren have grown
And have children of their own
You can sing them this song
So will you please hug hello
To the family we know
Tell them we miss them so
Tell them it won’t be long
Till we meet again
Don’t know where
Don’t know when
But I know we’ll meet again
Some sunny day
© Andrea Neidle, My Life in Poems
My Life in Poems 
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I had no idea the “Bluebirds” were the RAF, thank you for that and for the poem. My Dad was a rear air gunner in the RAF. XX
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