(There'll Be Blue Birds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover

Performed by Jimmy Dorsey & Bob Eberly
Recorded December 3, 1941
Words by Nat Burton; Music by Walter Kent

[verse 1]
I'll never forget the people I met
Braving those angry skies
I remember well as the shadows fell
The light of hope in their eyes
And tho' I'm far away
I can still hear them say
"Thumbs Up!"
For when the dawn comes up

[chorus]
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
There'll be Bluebirds over the White Cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow, just you wait and see.

[verse 2]
When night shadows fall I always recall
Out there across the sea
Twilight falling down on a little town
It's fresh in my memory
I hear a mother pray and to her baby say
"Don't cry"
This is her lullaby:

[repeat chorus]

[lyrics transcribed from the original sheet music]