Vera Lynn Quotes
Dad, who worked as a plumber, was a quiet and undemanding man who liked to laugh - and he was a very good dancer.
Lynn, Vera. Some Sunny Day: My Autobiography. HarperCollins, 2009, p. 12.
Dame Vera Margaret Lynn CH DBE OStJ was an English singer, songwriter and entertainer whose musical recordings and performances were very popular during the Second World War. She was widely referred to as the "Forces' Sweetheart" and gave outdoor concerts for the troops in Egypt, India and Burma during the war as part of Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA). The songs most associated with her are "We'll Meet Again", "(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover", "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square" and "There'll Always Be an England".
