They'll Be Happy to Know That as You Saw Me Go . . .

Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?
Remember how she said that
We would meet again
Some sunny day?        - Pink Floyd

Vera Lynn was the voice of home to the soldiers in the British Armed Forces.  Hers was the voice singing the songs in their frightened hearts as, even though they suspected otherwise, they bravely told the folks at home, "Don't worry about me while I'm gone; I'll be back soon."  Vera was the mother, the sister, the girl you left behind when you went to war. British soldiers won the war for Vera Lynn! Her voice was a constant on the British airwaves' broadcasts to the troops at war. Hers was the voice of the soul of the free world.  Her song "We'll Meet Again" was the best known of the many songs that describes what is worth fighting and dying for.

Vera Lynn left us quietly this past week, on June 18, 2020, at the age of 103. But thanks to her music, she will be with us always.

Special guest on today's video, my friend since first grade, Norm Lorenz.  We performed together under many different circumstances, from bars and dance halls in a polka band, to old folks homes as the Pay As You Go band.  And now, two old codgers are trying to figure out the technology of how we can both sing together even though we can't be together.  We don't have no steenking Zoom. Lookin' good, Norm!