We'll Meet Again - Hayley Westenra & Vera Lynn

Hayley Westenra ヘイリー 海莉 with Dame Vera Lynn & The Froncysyllte (Fron) Male Voice Choir singing "We'll Meet Again" before The Queen, and Dame Vera herself, at The Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 2009. This is one of Vera Lynn's most famous songs and there is an exciting "twist" at 2m 45s into the video when an archive video of Dame Vera herself is merged with the 'live' performance.

This performance is a tribute to Dame Vera Lynn, who is shown taking her bows at the end and who recently became the oldest living artist ever to top the UK album chart, at the age of 92.

Broadcast on BBC HD TV from The Royal Albert Hall, London on 7 November 2009. Captured edited and uploaded by Dave Ludlow in High Definition video for Hayley Westenra International - HWI.


**LYRICS**

We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know we'll meet again
Some sunny day

Keep smiling through
Just like you always do
'Til the blue skies
Drive the dark clouds far away

So, will you please say hello
To the folks that I know
Tell them I won't be long

They'll be happy to know
That as you saw me go
I was singing this song

We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know we'll meet again
Some sunny day

We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know we'll meet again
Some sunny day

Keep smiling through
Just like you always do
'Til the blue skies
Drive the dark clouds far away

So, will you please say hello
To the folks that I know
Tell them I won't be long

They'll be happy to know
That as you saw me go
I was singing this song


We'll meet again
Don't know where
Don't know when
But I know we'll meet again
Some sunny day...

[ravioli_cleetus]

I am a german and i dont know if i will be accepted for it but i would never in a million years support what ww2 had to offer. Such a terrible Happening. God bless all of those poor souls who had to face this and suffer. It truly warms my heart to see that this song is so well respected and is still remembered greatly to this day ❤️

[hipocampelofantocame]

I cried for this song, because I'm eighty five and so well remember those times.
Strangely, life was better then than this make-believe we have now. I was lucky.

[marclambert]

For a French person, who is used to saying that the British are our best enemies, the emotion of an entire people around their Queen and Vera Lynn, is a fantastic comfort in this turbulent world. Thank's for this great song.

[tomtransport]

She (Vera Lynn) passed today 6-18-2020 at 103, may she forever rest in peace. She inspired then and we could use some of her inspiration today.

[kyawlwincaptain]

I was a young seventeen year old  Naval volunteer reserve in 1944 when I first heard Vetra Lynn singing the old standard " White Cliffs of Dover " when she was also known as "Forces Sweetheart " who could make us homesick at the front line but also raise our morale. Another British popular songstress was Ann Shelton, " the Girl with a Torchy voice ", a fair rival . I still remember many hours spent listening to a Radio SEAC, forces radio station from Colombo to their songs. i suppose not many of us are around.

[kenfragnicholl-shso]

My uncles and their friends would always gather around the piano and sing these wonderful songs how I miss those days a tough generation they were miss them

[rickmoore]

This song now has a renewed meaning for us all..

[geraldinepfeiff]

I was born in 1946, but my dad and uncles would sing this song
And others of that era . They were my favorites and still are

[brucehilton]

A star has gone out, but the songs are forever.

[joshjosh]

Her Majesty the Queen made reference to the song in her wonderful speech yesterday.

[FrancineL]

started off as just a good song but then seeing the old veterans join in brought a tear to my eye....theyre the ones who faced war and the lyrics of this song mean the most to them

[MoonlightGR]

Every time I hear this song, I can't help but think of all the RAF pilots who lost their lives during the early months of the war.  Brave men that we owe so very much. 

[lrtemilu]

This beautiful song has brought tears to my eyes. Seeing all those elderly people and Vera Lynn... too much. I'm weeping while writing...Beautiful voice!!!

[jma]

Dame Vera will be 100 years old on March next year. She sang to my Grandpa in Burma in 1995. He was awarded the Burma Star, and treasured all his Vera Lynn books.Cheers, Julian

[koelleever]

Is it allowed for me, as a German (I know my grandfather was an enemy) to say this is such a wonderful performance. I get tears in my eyes - beautiful!
Greetings from Cologne/Germany

[adamdrummer]

Played this version at my grandads funeral. I cry every time when Vera comes on screen. The orchestra were synced to her on screen vocal bloody perfectly. And the fact that the orchestra are themselves soldiers, plus the Fron male voice choir. There is so much I could say about this performance…

[francisalanwormald]

THIS 82 YR OLD OWES HIS WHOLE LIFE TO THOSE HEROIC SERVICEMEN!!! THIS LOVELY TRIBUTE MAKES GROWN MEN CRY...INCL

[takata]

I wasn't born until after the war, but many of my earliest memories were the respect and admiration for Vera Lynn and the emotion her songs and the impact had on my elders. I can't recall a time in my life where I didn't know or couldn't sing along. When Dame Vera Lynn passed in 2020, I was in the UK. In tribute the city centre where I was played all Vera Lynn's song catalogue for several days. The atmosphere was palpable, people from every generation young and old, every nationality or ethniity sang along or wiped a tear as they smiled or acknoledged each other walking and singing as they lined for stores or banks. I felt priveliged to have been witness to this nations most distinguished and much loved lady... RIP.

[Bianka.von.Fernbach]

rip - another wonderful voice in heaven - what a choir must this be

[vickifriend]

Well it’s that time of the year again. Remembrance Service from The Royal Albert Hall.
Nothing, but nothing beats the appearances of Dame Vera Lynn over the years. That was what the audience
was awaiting, year in, year out.
It’s so special to me. My Mother was the split of her when she was very young and my Grandma
sang me all her songs. I was a weird child, singing war time songs in the 60’!
Only once I had the honour of being there, there’s absolutely nothing like it. Im familiar with The RA Hall
but this occasion is always magical.
Such magnificent memories. Thanks you