Peaked at # 1 in 1943
Competing version by Lucky Millinder hit # 12
Title song from the 1944 film
And the boys are home again all over the world
And rain or snow is all that may fall from the skies above
A kiss won’t mean «goodbye» but «Hello to love»
When the lights go on again all over the world
And the ships will sail again all over the world
Then we’ll have time for things like wedding rings and free hearts will sing
When the lights go on again all over the world
Thanks for this it WAS England as I was born in 1940 and YET remember my Dad a Royal Engineer who raised 5 of is kids ALONE in Liverpool England I NOT USA ,,,, remeMber him having the keys to the Air RAID sHelters I was VERY Young before D Day,,thank you for this.... I also know a Legend VERA Lynn Godbless HER also PROUD to be a BRIT>and Yank xx
This song is a beam of light from a time when darkness covered the world. Thanks to all of our boys and our allies for their sacrifices. Future generations have never understood what was at stake. We take freedom for granted these days but at one time people were scared not only for their lives but for their way of life. This thing that was called World War 2 claimed the lives of 60 million people, that was 3% of the world's population. Imagine a war today that causes 275 million casualties! Thanks for posting it still brings tears to my eyes.
My Mam used to make torpedoes during the war,loading them with explosive,and this song takes me back to my early days when she would sing alond to this,i was born in 1945
My 89 year old father fought in the hell which was the Pacific theater in World War II. But, do you think you could ever get a word out of him about what he saw/endured there? NO! I remember Daddy singing this song in his deep baritone voice, while we would listen to his old 78 records. His voice was quite like Mr. Monroe's. The reason I looked this song up tonight is that Daddy passed away today at 12:25 central standard time with his wife of 60 years, my mother, right by his side. There are no words to explain how I will miss him. Thank you for posting.
Song reminds me of my grandfather.. He was in the Atlantic campaign of the war and would tell me how they would blackout the ships at night to hide from the German Luftwaffe
Vaughn Monroe's rich baritone, the introduction and arrangement to say nothing of the heart rending message make this one of "the best of the best of the era" as well. What a generation of men and women and popular music. Would that we could see another like it rather than the flakes, harpies and scoundrels that populate Hollowood these days.Vic
I grew up in a mid-size city that was a big steel prducer at the time (Canton Ohio) and thought I was only five at the time I remember Air Raid Wardens coming to the house to make sure no light was showing from your windows. It's funny what things you remember as a kid.
Yes, it was a great generation. Can you imagend what would have happened it the people that are running our government today was in charge back then? We would all be speaking German.
Great post ! I was only 6 years old in 1942, but I remember this song so vividly. I don't remember the lights going out, but I well remember the excitement when they were switched on again.
Thank you for sharing.
Good for you, It's sad to say everyone generalises. I guess it's easier to lump everyone into little boxes and say they are all the same. My Grandson is interested in hisory and many of the things than seem to turn off most of his generation (he's 16). But it seems no one is thought of as individuals anymore they are all part of one
group or another. But one thing my Grandson has in comin with his Dad and MOST of his generation is a God Aufull taste in music.
