- published: 19 Mar 2013
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Holy city is a term applied to many cities, all of them central to the history or faith of specific religions. Such cities may also contain at least one headquarters complex (often containing a religious edifice, seminary, shrine, residence of the leading cleric of the religion and/or chambers of the religious leadership's offices) which constitutes a major destination of human traffic, or pilgrimage to the city, especially for major ceremonies and observances. A holy city is a symbolic city, representing attributes beyond its natural characteristics. Marketing experts have suggested that holy cities may be the oldest brands, and more specifically, place brands because they have value added via the perception of religious adherents.
These cities include:
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Dame Vera Lynn, DBE (born Vera Margaret Welch; 20 March 1917), widely known as "The Forces' Sweetheart", is an English singer, songwriter, and actress whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during the Second World War. During the war, she toured Egypt, India, and Burma, giving outdoor concerts for the troops. 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 her UK Number one single "My Son, My Son".
In 2009, she became the oldest living artist to make it to No. 1 on the British album chart, at age 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 was named the Briton who best exemplified the spirit of the twentieth century in 2000.
Midnight in the Holy City playground for restless souls
Graveyards for the sons of Fort Sumter
And the ghostly daughters wait for their boys to come home
Moonlight in the Holy City so thick it warms the air, yeah
I burned my heart on a sweet southern flame
Like a hug from your mama saying it will be okay
Spilt my blood, in the Holy City, seen the flood of a thousand rains
Ran away from the Holy City, heard the spirits in the steeple singing
? You'll be back again, You'll be back brother?
Sunrise in the Holy City
The kings and queens shuffle by
Lord, I'm born here of my own ashes
Just lay me down there when I die
Spilt my blood, in the Holy City, seen the flood of a thousand rains
I ran away from the Holy City, heard the spirits in the steeple singing
? You'll be back again, You'll be back again someday, yeah?
I've seen visions Lord I've seen visions
Hanging in the summer sky
I fell in love, lost my heart, laughed until I cried
In the Holy City
In the Holy City
In the Holy City
I heard the spirits in the steeple singing,? You'll be back"
You'll be back again someday, yeah, yeah
I heard the spirits singing,? You'll be back"
Yes You'll
Yes You will, You'll be back again someday, yeah
You'll be back, You'll be back, You'll be back
You'll be back, You'll be back again someday
In the Holy City
In the Holy City
In the Holy City
In the Holy City
Spirits in the steeple singing
? You'll be back back again?
You'll be back again someday
You'll be back back again
In the Holy City
In the Holy City
In the Holy City