White Cliffs of Dover (Vera Lynn)

[Hilary]

Here's my first ukulele cover with my new tenor uke, live with a fleckle of harmony. There's a lot of breath sounds on this as I'm thick with a cold  

It's an old WWII song but I think has a universal message of hope for better times to come . . .

Wiki link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(There'll_Be_Bluebirds_Over)_The_White_Cliffs_of_Dover

[Farrell Jackson]

Very nice Hilary! Cold or not, the uke and your voice sound good together. I do remember hearing this song....long ago and it's still a great one to cover.

Farrell

[Facemask93]

Just been watching -- The First of Few , a 1942 film by Leslie Howard , your song fitted well with my  evening of WW11 screening , a lovely rendition of a magical song , well done

[Hook]

Wonderfully done, nice ukeing!
Rock On!

[Groundy]

Nice one Hilary, love the uke, and your voice is spot on as always, well done.....alex

[Geir]

Oh yes. This is really lovely. A great choice of a song. Your uke playing is wonderful. And so is your voice ... even with a cold !

[bazz-t-bass]

Hi Hilary........... just come back out of the Anderson shelter........yes I'm old enough to remember playing in the one in Mom and Dad's back garden after the war

Very sensitive treatment

Bazz

[Hilary]

Oh thanks guys

Very sensitive treatment

It's a special song to me - my mum spent the first part of the war in air-raid shelters, then was bombed out and lost pretty much everything and then evacuated. There's a line in the song "my baby will go to sleep in her own little room again" . . .

I wanted it to be like a lullaby but don't think I quite pulled it off - maybe I'll have another go when I've got over my cold.

[Redler]

Didn't know the title, but when listening it sounded familiar... Loved your performance on this nice tune!

[SwanSong]

hi Hilary great job on this . especially with the uke.
never tried playing that instrument.s but sounds good
keep singing and sharing Merry Christmas Neil.1