- published: 10 Mar 2016
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Dame Vera Lynn, DBE (born Vera Margaret Welch on 20 March 1917) is an English singer-songwriter and actress whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during World War II.
During the war she toured Egypt, India and Burma, giving outdoor concerts for the troops. She became known, and is still referred to, as "The Forces' Sweetheart"; the songs most associated with her are "We'll Meet Again", "The White Cliffs of Dover", A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square and "There'll Always Be an England".
She remained popular after the war, appearing on radio and television in the UK and the United States and recording such hits as "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" and "My Son, My Son".
In 2009 she became the oldest living artist to make it to No. 1 on the British album chart, at the age of 92. She has devoted much time and energy to charity work connected with ex-servicemen, disabled children and breast cancer. She is still held in great affection by veterans of the Second World War and in 2000 was named the Briton who best exemplified the spirit of the twentieth century.
Last night I dreamed of a man who had been to the moon
Well I'm in love with this girl and she's going there,
The gods do you wrong, but the weather is fair
Honest to god, I read it somewhere
We used to go out at comic strip end
Out on the final frontier, where the rules could be
bent
No justice for all, safe at home or in fear
Honest to god, I read it somewhere
I try to keep friends, but they're dropping like flies
Seems I'm the loose end of everyone's family ties
The downfall, the uprise, the strangest of pairs
Honets to god, I read it somewhere
If you sleep in my bed, you will share the same sin
We took a shot, missed a turn, but we could have been
the regents of thieves, the keeper of years
Honest to god, I keep count of your of tears
Drinking is sweet, but the bliss ain't the purpose
Just a well needed shade in this primordial circus
I wish I could turn the heaviest stone
Honest to god, I'm in this alone
Jump high in your seats and enjoy every moment
that makes you forget the past and the late rent
The room is yours, and to keep it you travel
Honest to god, will we reach the next level
Forsaken by some, put on posters by others Let's paint
the town red, though nobody bothers To applaud bad
behaviour, it's stupid, it's marvellous It's honest to
god, sacrilegious and dangerous
Yours sincerely,