Till We Meet Again

DESCRIPTION: "There's a song in the land of the lily." "Smile the while you kiss me sad adieu, When the clouds roll by I'll come to you...." "So wait and pray each night for me, Till we meet again." Separation means tears for now, but there will be a happy reunion
AUTHOR: Words: Raymond B. Egan / Music: Richard A. Whiting (source: sheet music)
EARLIEST DATE: 1918 (source: Pegler-SoldiersSongsAndSlangoftheGreatWar)
KEYWORDS: love separation
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Pegler-SoldiersSongsAndSlangoftheGreatWar, p. 292, "Till We Meet Again" (1 text)
Roud #25624
RECORDINGS:
Albert Campbell and Henry Burr, "Till We Meet Again" (Columbia A-2668, 1919)
Charles Hart and Lewis James, "Till We Meet Again" (Victor 18518/Pathe 22036, 1919)
Gladys Rice and Vernon Dalhart, "Till We Meet Again" (Edison 50512-L)
NOTES [41 words]: Edward Foote Gardner, Popular Songs of the Twentieth Century: Volume I -- Chart Detail & Encyclopedia 1900-1949, Paragon House, 2000, p. 327, estimates that this was the most popular song in America in 1918, peaking at #1 in February 1919. - RBW
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