Enjoy learning some of these famous songs from the time of VE Day!

 

There’ll Always be an England

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.
Though worlds may change and go awry
While there is still one voice to cry.

There’ll always be an England
While there’s a country lane,
Wherever there’s a cottage small
Beside a field of grain.

There’ll always be an England
While there’s a busy street,
Wherever there’s a turning wheel,
 A million marching feet.

Red, white and blue;
what does it mean to you?
Surely you’re proud, shout it aloud,
“Britons, awake!”

The empire too, we can depend on you.
Freedom remains.
These are the chains
Nothing can break.

 There’ll always be an England,
And England shall be free
If England means as much to you
As England means to me.

 

We’ll Meet Again

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
‘Till 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

(Repeat x2)
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
‘Till 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

 

 The White Cliffs Of Dover

There’ll be bluebirds over
The white cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow, just you wait and see

There’ll be love and laughter
And peace ever after
Tomorrow, when the world is free

The shepherd will tend his sheep
The valley will bloom again
And Jimmy will go to sleep
In his own little room again

Well, there’ll be bluebirds over
The white cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow, just you wait and see

The shepherd will tend his sheep
The valley will bloom again
And Jimmy will go to sleep
In his own little room again

Well, there’ll be bluebirds over
The white cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow, just you wait and see

 

Land of Hope and Glory

Land of hope and glory, mother of the free
How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?
Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set
God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet
God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet

Land of hope and glory, mother of the free
How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?
Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set
God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet
God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet

 

A song that made the soldiers smile

"We're Going to Hang out the Washing on the Siegfried Line" is a popular song written by a Captain in army during WW2. The Siegfried Line was a chain of defences along Germany's Western border.

 

And some famous songs to dance to