Vera Lynn - Land of Hope and Glory

Grand Gala du Disque 1962 Holland. Music starts at 0'52"
Dutch introduction by Willem Duys in 1991. AVRO-TV
(this guy persuaded her to sing this song in Holland).

[@mr.d.6529]

Who's here after the BBC want it banned?

[@JimWhitaker]

Me.

[@SIBUK]

I cancelled my licence yesterday.

[@EllenBrighton]

Am here

[@zanmei7261]

Me!

[@sylviaroberts8103]

SIBUK Well done. Proud of you. Who do they think they are !

[@grzegorzkrol3195]

Greetings from Poland. Tears on my eyes. And damn the BBC for censoring this song.

[@markskoda8862]

Well said Sir. Greetings to the Polish people and your beautiful country.

[@alansutton7046]

Thank you

[@robagg6899]

@JW Graham 100% Graham - gawd I wish people would bang THAT drum more - good on ya!

[@greggus42]

@@markskoda8862 Agreed 100%

[@bmc9504]

Thanks for your support:)

[@anital4408]

Proud to be British, and this should remain as part of the proms

[@sarahjane353]

Here here. Me too

[@markwflint7383]

Let the public vote, 100% would agree with you. A wonderful patriotic song sang by one of the greatest Britains that have ever lived.

[@johnquinnjohn]

Yes deffo

[@CaptainX2012]

Don't worry, it is being sung next year.

[@bluenosetam]

Totally agree it’s our culture and history

[@deiterjohannson9116]

Rest in Peace Vera, East End girl, Queen of the 14th Army. The best of Us. Give my love to Uncle George x

[@shlomitzakai6267]

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[@betteramwthanbmw]

@@shlomitzakai6267 help me out here...can't be binary code ;-) is it Hebrew?

[@donaldstewart9827]

Stop being an idiot.

[@madrastaswife]

@@shlomitzakai6267 what's that about

[@qfytliplhiet]

I GREATLY respect Great Britain and Vera Lynn. We overcame difficult times together. This was a blessing from God. We truly love Great Britain.

[@windinea]

A song that will always be played even if banned the people with still PLAY THIS SONG

[@just_another32]

We will play it more than before!

[@1066BooBoy]

its a nonsense..I think that was the last nail in the BBC coffin.

[@markmh835]

Of course it will. I hear it at every school graduation ceremony I have ever attended.

[@windinea]

Sharon E Lang yeah there’s talk of it apparently being offensive

[@christopherdavis80]

Of course!

[@mickeyh1961]

Just to say Thank you Britain for just been British , your contribution to the World it's culture it's advancement , it's sense of fair play , creativity , humour , literature is priceless, From an honest Irish man

[@LazierSophie]

Its, not it's (sic).

[@eliza4062]

@@LazierSophie no need for that comment

[@sylviaroberts8103]

mickeyh1961 : And I say “Thank YOU Mickey.” We hear so much about the negatives, that it’s very refreshing for someone like you to point out the positives about this country. By the way, thought very carefully about the use of its or it’s (above). Didn’t want to get a rap on the knuckles from the dreaded “Lazier.”

[@RogueCylon]

The sadness is, we are stronger united Mickey, can only hope everyone sees that one day.

[@hirdy161]

Cheers mickey

[@tonyagnew4519]

The BBC may not like it but we are ENGLAND AND PROUD!

[@bluenosetam]

Scotland as well I’m a proud scot as well as British and proud love this song it’s my history and culture

[@markwflint7383]

Wales as well.

[@andrewswan5723]

And so you should be. 🇬🇧 From Scotland

[@kenmealing5306]

@@andrewswan5723 I used to see her quite often and she would always give me a wave .a wonderful woman with no side.

[@alundavies8402]

Every part of the U.K. is part of the song even Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands I am particularly lucky to have been born here as I am disabled and get treated fairly over all so I feel very very proud of my forefathers and I say rightly so.

[@mabel8880]

Vera Lynn passed away on 18 June 2020, at the age of 103. May she rest in peace. I love her music and she's one of the greatest Brits to ever live.

[@josephmesser8646]

Oo

[@peterstorch1252]

Here! Here! To the mighty-est PATRIOT of GREAT BRITAIN, the Commonwealth and old Empire.A true DARLING of the armed forces and citizens alike. May GOD Grant her ETERNAL rest.

[@gailaspinall1688]

Her voice will 'live on'. As long as one can remember a Vera Lynn song., the lovely lady will never be gone.

[@vaslav030547]

A truly remarkable lady that showered Hope, Pride and Love everywhere.

[@lucastodd2052]

The late Dame Vera Lynn's version of this great patriotic song has reached number 1 on ITunes! It's time the BBC realised they do not speak for the British people.

[@markwflint7383]

Well said Lucas

[@just_another32]

Wow that just goes to show!

[@lucastodd2052]

@@just_another32 Precisely!

[@wannaduckfin]

They banned Sir Winston during the 30’s also

[@robertrussell2202]

Haha brilliant they finally somewhat backed down. Still changed the damn lyrics and blamed the British public for creating the controversy despite it simply being a matter of us not wanting them to ban our heritage. Cancel culture has gone too far but I think we proved that we still cherish our identity that was created through so much historical sacrifice

[@iac4357]

The way my eyes are tearing, there must be some dust in the air. God Bless Britain ❗🇬🇧

[@just_another32]

Mine too!

[@ericharvey9456]

Must be pollen.

[@valcollins4943]

😢☺😢

[@sadwingsraging3044]

Invisible onion chopping ninjas!

[@Beastgrows]

*England

[@mercygrace3272]

I'm not British but I love England. I love this lady and this song. God bless England! Love from your American cousin.

[@hankaustin7091]

Well said Mercy Grace! I, too, am an American and couldn't have said it better myself!

[@martinjenkins5471]

She was beautiful, classic look of British and American women of the fifties and sixties.

[@Henry-vu5sg]

Do you mean England? Or Britain?

[@82davidjohnson]

Thank you, Come to England, stay in our home

[@allenpinnix5241]

and from another American cousin too!

[@qfytliplhiet]

I GREATLY respect Great Britain and Vera Lynn. We overcame difficult times together. This was a blessing from God. We truly love Great Britain.

[@dorothygreen6241]

Posthumously, Vera Lynn has topped the charts with 'Land of hope and glory' from the Last night of the proms. What an ambassador!

[@juliamontaguejones3784]

To make sure the BBC have to play it on their chart show. 😂

[@susanmoore2228]

This photo is of my great aunt getting married to her husband in the air force his plane was shot down they had been married for just 7 days she was a seamstress her wedding dress was made out of parachute material ,she was my nans sister who also lost her husband They both bought me up thank God ,that was just after the war so I didn't get to meet them like so many others born and growing up in the 50s so we have our own tragedies stop living in the past and make do with what you have and make it better ,do the history, HAS ANYBODY ELSE GOT THERE LOVELY STORIES TO TELL AT LEAST IT WILL TAKE OUR MINDS OF WHATS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE WORLD TODAY,

[@user-dz8bj6vt1v]

And what an era.

[@Rayblondie]

Now we get an American LGBT woman singing it at the proms courtesy of the BBC. Enough said.

[@naulahka1]

Rest in Peace Vera,heading for your second number one.

[@suefrench8721]

This woman gave people in Britain strength through the war years. Soldiers and civilians alike gained hope for a peaceful tomorrow and the comfort to keep on going. 🙏

[@FantasioOWL]

I am German and not only this wonderful tune makes me most unhappy that we fought twice against this glorious nation in senseless wars. What could all have been achieved without them? God save the Queen, God bless Great Britain!

[@chriscolgan2585]

So true my friend.what a waste of life and future for these brave souls.once again politicians sending young german/english men to their deaths.

[@cameronrich3627]

S M I agree but some people do need to put the past behind them! It's been 73 years of peace !

[@loriblue1000]

God Bless you and prayers to you xx

[@steveheywood9428]

Dalena I’m 68, and I would fight against them given half the chance !

[@briancritchley5295]

Your words touched my soul, its in the past now, hopefully we humans will one day wake up and realize that in war nobody wins ,after its over we become friends, so the massive waste of life did not achieve anything.I am Australian and many of our young men never came home and just like in Germany many mothers cried...

[@wendysmith2241]

Nobody will ever ban this Great British national song. My father fought in East Afikia and then Burma in the second world war for my and your freedom dont forget that.These people want to take away our British heritage. Over my dead body will anybody do that. Rule Britiania

[@dw69ful]

Well said ! They can try and distort the past and attempt to influence the future,but you cannot change something that has already happened.We are what we now are because of the sacrifices made by our Fathers (like yours) who gained much comfort and support from these Great Songs. What is so wrong with carrying on this great British Tradition ? How dare they try and ban them !!

[@Pagan220]

@@dw69ful This should be our national anthem !!

[@nukni4225]

"Fought in East Africa and Burma ...for my and your freedom". In East Africa and Burma? Really? The Germans defended their freedom at the Hindokush lately as their minister of defense said years ago. Now they are home. German freedom lost?

[@jeanbrown8295]

Good for you

[@Jay3083287]

Land of hope and glory, mother of the free How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee? Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet Land of hope and glory, mother of the free How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee? Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet

[@bobbywimsy6741]

The phrase well ordered- bounded- liberty springs to mind. And thus, where the Spirit of the Lord is, there, in that place, variously understood, immaterially, and materially, is liberty. Without boundaries, of virtue, of law, there is only license, and chaos, and liberty is lost, personally, and nationally. Inward liberty, from God, and made concrete by the practice of virtue, is the only way to have, and preserve, liberty. It cannot be done by law alone. Authoritarian imposition of virtue or order, by the left, or the right, or media outlets thereof, cannot accomplish liberty, but the opposite.We need to get back to basic definitions, or liberty, personal, and national, will be lost. Liberty is a uniqueness in history.

[@2sqnbandit379]

@@bobbywimsy6741 as our Empire expanded the world became free of tyranny, oppression and slavery. God himself is British & the queen is his vessel, that’s why we don’t have earthquakes or typhoons etc. You don’t shit on your own doorstep.

[@alicemi4155]

@@2sqnbandit379 God is British??? God, the eternal Spirit who created the universe, is of a human nationality? Now, if that isn't blasphemy, I don't know what is. Or maybe you are just a poor troll, in which case go on amusing us all.

[@robpugh1000]

All these songs make us hate others

[@gailaspinall1688]

@@2sqnbandit379 How do you know that God himself is British??? Maybe he's Canadian...

[@kathleenparrish7173]

We should all have this playing when the BBC play just their tune and no words. Drown the BBC out.

[@just_another32]

We should not watch the BBC. When they see the low number of viewers, that should knock some sense into them

[@susansinsua5583]

When I heard Dame Vera Lynn singing all those songs I cried like a baby.

[@johnjemuelpelingon6813]

I'm a Filipino but this song makes me a British My favourite country GREAT BRITAIN 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧 Lots of love from Philippines 🇵🇭🤗

[@douglaskay9959]

During WW2 I was a boy 10 when it started and we listened to Vera on the wireless and she gave us hope like nobody else.

[@jackusdk]

Like nobody else? Um, the usual credit for Hope goes to Churchill.

[@johnbockelie3899]

They should enshrine this lovely lady. She held.hope together when the World was cloaked in darkness. She gave England and the free world support through her songs. God bless you Vera Lynn.

[@douglaskay9959]

@@jackusdk Churchill cost us thousands of young mens lives, he was a traitor.

[@Pagan220]

@@douglaskay9959 Remember Gallipoli !!!

[@kelvinsurname7051]

@@douglaskay9959 are you still alive?

[@paxguns]

The BBC would not allow this great lady,if she was alive to sing this patriotic song. Shame on you BBC.

[@hetrodoxlysonov-wh9oo]

The BBC hate Vera Lynn.

[@klausgh]

Why not?

[@chriswatkin5476]

@@klausgh they would allow it because of the public outrage if it was banned but l have a suspicion that they would love to get rid of it.

[@feliscorax]

What a crock of shite. The BBC is not anti-English you daft prat.

[@chriswatkin5476]

@@feliscorax actually there have been several plans by the BBC to remove patriotic songs from the Proms but they have always been scrapped because of public criticism.

[@nancybratby4416]

The greatest rendition of this I have ever heard. When the British way of life meant something and when entertainers and entertainment uplifted the nation.

[@mattcota-robles7161]

Hello Nancy, How are you doing?

[@lesreed9269]

@@mattcota-robles7161 Reported for attempting to prey on women. Pitiful.

[@nietzchepreacher9477]

@@lesreed9269 maybe he knows her chill. He seems pretty old

[@lesreed9269]

@@nietzchepreacher9477 You imagine that the avatar on an empty page is the actual person?

[@kelvinsurname7051]

@@lesreed9269 if asking how someone is doing is classified as preying nowadays, that clearly shows how deep our world has sunken.

[@Nadiacloete]

I am a 76 year old South African, but this song always puts tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat!

[@rebeccasimantov5476]

I am a 50 year old Australian and I also have the same reaction!

[@christopherdavis80]

@@rebeccasimantov5476 I am an 80m year old Australian with the same reaction.

[@micheallewis9156]

I am a seventy seven years young South African and feel the same,it raises spirit on high.

[@noelevans8239]

I thought I was the only feeling that way

[@missasinenomine]

The Last Night of the Poms?@@rebeccasimantov5476

[@cosmic-creepers9207]

We will not be silenced 🇬🇧

[@shaneposkitt4163]

Makes you so proud to be British!!

[@qfytliplhiet]

I GREATLY respect Great Britain and Vera Lynn. We overcame difficult times together. This was a blessing from God. We truly love Great Britain.

[@johnoakes4143]

I am a kiwi/ Australia , that music is also our heritage. Keep it going and other patriotic music

[@michaelrudzick9038]

Sie was and still is a legend. A freedomfighter and heart of Britain. Sie was such a dear Lady with the best values . Im so proud of having a beautiful letter from her, an eternal gift I hold in honor.

[@kelvinsurname7051]

You got a letter from the one and only Dame Vera Lynn, that is such a honour!

[@blackvulcan100]

Proud to be English,the finest nation in the world !! thank you Vera.I hope there will be a day of national mourning when you finally go to heaven..

[@jonvalentine8109]

There is a strength in old England. That the plots and schemes of a hundred years might struggle to prevail against.

[@davidtissera3600]

I'm not British but come from a family that's staunchly Anglican and my mother knew all these songs. I thank her for it

[@amandabrown364]

Fantastic!! This should be our national anthem in the UK. Vera Lynn is incredible. ♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@mattcota-robles7161]

Hello Amanda, How are you doing?

[@nancybull939]

I'm Canadian with British Granparents.....so moving and makes me feel proud of my English heritage!!! Love you Vera Lynn - you are terrific!!! Brought me to tears

[@gailaspinall1688]

Nancy...same here! My Grandparents came to Canada on their honeymoon in 1923, & never returned to England. I've been to England once, when I was 19. I'm now 75, VERY VERY proud of my British heritage. I'm returning in Nov/2023, & will visit the Church where my GREAT-Grandparents were married, & where the Grandparents I just mentioned were married. I know I'll cry, but I can't wait to get there. I doubt I'll return after November...

[@brianblithe2271]

But you better share one goal and that is for our creators son Yeshua to be the Worlds only King.

[@elliottmalko1192]

Now top of the downloads...and over 3 million two-finger salutes to the BBC. Says it all really.....

[@bboucharde]

Elliott, Spot on mate! Respect to you.

[@grip2617]

She deserves an enormous statue. This woman always took us to another level. RIP!!

[@bboucharde]

In these new dark days, that would be risky. The anarchists would tear it down in short order.

[@kingofthegarden2350]

Amen to that. She sang of the purity of what the United kingdom should be but not always is.

[@bboucharde]

@@kingofthegarden2350 King, We agree. She is an icon for what the UK was and no longer is. Yes, traditional Britain had its faults, but it made massive contributions to world culture, arts, science, law, economy, & finance.

[@lesgriffiths8523]

Sadly the idiot cultural Marxists would pull it down, Les Griffiths

[@stuartmckay7350]

They seem to only put statues up of foreigners these days

[@prichards5113]

One of the greatest national songs ever and sung by the voice of the nightingale of those dark years.

[@stephenmason5682]

It doesn't come much better than that does it? What a way to start your day? S5ill makes us proud!

[@janvandemaas4148]

Dame Vera Margaret Lynn . Today Monday 6 April New Zealand time. This great lady on 20 of March turned 103. Belated birthday wishes Dame Vera !

[@dan77734]

God, is far greater than the establishment, this country's people can do great things listening just to God.

[@stefanpaege2046]

I am a German & I would like to have such a beautiful voice & Lady to express the proud of my country.

[@devonbarker4531]

I'm an American and it makes me proud to have you guys as an ally.

[@winnington6923]

+Devon Barker As a Briton, I am proud to have you as our brothers :)

[@faithfulchristian9171]

We share a common history, traditions, language and so much more.

[@nellibonnie9852]

😊

[@lamdao1242]

You are wrong.

[@mrfreeman28]

You are wrong.

[@user-xv9oz4re8f]

With all the recent striff in the UK, this should bring us all together. Those who burned our flag should tremble. This is the land of hope and glory and the home of the free. Whatever happens if we remover this we can move on and be Great Britain together!

[@tonytye8963]

What a sad loss today, the wonderful Dame Vera Lynn has passed away at the grand old age of 103.

[@kelvinsurname7051]

God bless her and the great country men and woman! Truly the greatest generation!

[@davidkitchener9257]

This has got to stay and be sung every chance we get.

[@autrycourt7314]

Such a beautiful and strong voice, now I understand how she inspired the servicemen and women during WWII

[@terryhanvey1518]

So thankful that she and her family shared the "Forces Sweetheart" with all our men and women throughout the war.

[@david210560]

Listening to Vera sing this song reminds me that Great Britain can once again survive and prosper like we did in the dark days of World War 2. We are once again facing an ominous threat from Europe in the form of leaving the European Union but Great Britain will again be a land of hope and glory post Brexit. God bless and thank you Dame Vera for reminding us of the British spirit that helped the country win the threat from Europe during WW2 and can do so once again with the present day threat from Europe caused by Brexit.

[@esthergetkate1739]

Dame Vera Lynn a voice of a DIAMOND. I' m Dutch but so proud Vera Lynn come to the Netherlands for this concert the group are singin they are Dutch. God Bless the UK. With love from Amsterdam The Netherlands ❤ ❤ 🌹 🌹 Esther

[@mattcota-robles7161]

Hello Esther, How are you doing?

[@balticproddy225]

Proud to belong to this great nation brings tears to my eyes long live the union British and proud

[@postwar46]

Throughout the war, the unique voice of Vera Lynn encouraged British and dominion troops, across the airwaves, to go the full mile for King and Country. She was young and beautiful, and it is fitting that she sang this song in 1962. American forces must also have received encouragement too from a young English Rose , as they were cousins to the mother country..

[@sedekiman]

So proud of this post from the Dutch people.

[@elizabethwilmot556]

This is so beautiful...wow!

[@mattcota-robles7161]

Hello Elizabeth, How are you doing?

[@ibosquez5238]

I'm an American and I have to say that I love this music and I think she is a great singer. What a great voice she has. Thank you Britain.

[@vintagebrew1057]

Thank you Cousin.

[@helenfoster1088]

V GreAtsinger

[@wendysmith2255]

I. Bosquez Thank You to our American friends a bond that can never be broken

[@mckavitt13]

I. Bosquez Why wouldn’t we?

[@ibosquez5238]

@@mckavitt13 Big in the US?

[@larryhaas9899]

Lovely and courageous Vera Lynn - Land of Hope and Glory. We owe so much to that generation. Lest we forget and allow our history to be revised by this crop of WOKE with their Cancelling and Censorship social media and big Tech algorithms.

[@alistairmacrae4870]

Wish they would play this rendition in the UK's Houses of Parliament and wake up the bunch of spineless individuals who refer to themselves as "Honourable"

[@here_we_go_again3300]

Can there be "honor" among thieves (politicians)?

[@ianm4633]

If your patriotic these days the left wing call you a racist and facist

[@markwflint7383]

Good on you I could not agree more.

[@jmrodas9]

Well ,anyone can say he or she is honourable, but it is valid only of other people say it, otherwise it has no meaning or significance. Regards.

[@kasha1932]

God Bless Vera Lynn! This woman helped keep the morale of not only the British people, I remember it very well as a child, and it made me feel strong....just as very Lynn sang it!!! GREAT!!!

[@essexcruiser]

Whatever country you live in, this has to be the best patriotic wong ever. Sung by the best performer of the time. A stirring rendition

[@boojay111]

tears rolling down my cheeks, bless her heart and all she did for 'the boys'. I know she kept the spirits of those at home strong and proud too as my parents who lived through it all said to me. Thank you Vera.

[@bmc9504]

I'm no feminist but very much a man (former boy) but there's no man without woman, and what a woman she was!!!

[@jacquelinekilgour7725]

Proud to be Scottish and British. What a woman. We should have a statue of her 👍

[@kelvinsurname7051]

@@bmc9504 that reminds me of the song; As time goes bye, Vera Lynn

[@h.j.b3705]

I teared up... And I'm Dutch... I wish you all the best, my dear Britons.

[@nigelpower1509]

I'm an 80-year-old Englishman living in Canada, and this still stiffens the aging backbone and moistens the eyes.

[@TheDCman99]

I'm from Malta, and i'm proud of my country especially when i remember that once we fought alongside Britain and her allies.

[@JJDvorshak]

Thank Darwin. You must be one of the only ones that thinks that way. At least the last time I was there. Beatiful country- yours and mine ;) It's like the rain and sun meet. Cushty.

[@TheDCman99]

You speak the truth

[@johnwalsh3635]

Dylan You did. Brave men you were too. Thank you.

[@paulwoolley4957]

wally mason, Wally by name Wally by nature. Idiot🤪

[@paddyzammit6588]

Dylan my husband is Maltese And I am English born I have read and heard all the history of Malta you are right to be proud of your country, I have now visited 4 times and live it more each time I come, was there just a few weeks ago

[@Buzzbox3rd]

Im a Aussie, and the UK is always in my heart.

[@hansgruber788]

thanks mate, we love you too

[@raylumley5019]

too bloody right ,mate.

[@mikegross6107]

Can't ANYONE appreciate the song and the beautiful woman singing it? Why all the hate filled comments that have NOTHING to do with the film clip? This song and the manner it was presented brought tears to my eyes and anxiety at the same time. Anxiety because there are no more artists who can demonstrate such true patriotic emotion in their art these days!

[@BudA29]

Sadly a lost world, where respect counted for something.

[@Canuckmom128]

God Bless Dame Vera. A voice that helped Britains survive the war.

[@warrenwilson4818]

Every Brit recorded this, but there is just something mesmerizing about her performance.. It is probably the briefest of all patriotic songs, but it's incredible how effective the lyrics are. Back in the day, it was spine-tingling to tie God in to national identity. July 1, 2022, St. Joseph, MO, USA

[@jenniferrobinson6395]

This beautiful song should always be played thinking of all the soldiers who fought for this land of hope and glory.

[@dorahoward8632]

Hands of our heratige it's this strength that made us such a great nation you tell them Laurence fox 🦊 HANDS OF

[@LJ3783]

Vera Lynn singing Land of Hope and Glory in Netherlands, a perfect celebration of the strength and goodwill of mankind even during the darkest of times

[@michaelbroad5487]

what an angel when I remember my father and eldest brother both died for there country.she has helped me so much god bless Vera.

[@victoriaplum997]

Hope this remains at No.1 into the New Year.

[@ronaldunkel2681]

Vera died today 18/06/20 at age 103. RIP Vera, you were the best! Cheers wherever you are now singing.

[@robinrubendunst869]

I love how she knows to step back from the mic when she goes for the high notes, even with the full male chorus, she just soars over it. Without going into head voice… Remarkable talent. Thrilling song.

[@morant3057]

Hello to our older brothers and sisters in GREAT Britain from a 5th Generation Australian here in Melbourne Australia, where we are being held hostage in our homes by an Authoritarian Marxist Dictator Government. Keep strong for us, we are admiring you in fight for truth, reason and freedom. We hope and trust that the example of your steadfastness and fortitude will ultimately overcome the evils that are being imposed on your culture and nation and pray that your success eventually flows over to us. We are watching all that goes on in your wonderful country. Such a brave and heroic people you have, it makes me proud to be a descendant. You truly are the Land of Hope and Glory.

[@bgg4865]

Cried my heart out while trying to sing alongside Vera.......... 69 years old, so not old enough to be her contemporary. But old enough to hear my parents and grandparents revere her. Thank you for this upload, it re-connects me to my heritage.

[@WiliiamNoTell]

What a wonderful voice! She will be sorely missed. The choir of angels in heaven has a new member.

[@gailaspinall1688]

Yes, for sure! The choir of angels in Heaven has a new member. I hope the flights of angels sang her to her rest.

[@johnderham2829]

Beautiful, brilliant Vera Lynn she sang this when she was 45

[@jacquiash9809]

Proud to be British and this should stay part of our heritage shame on the BBC !

[@badkneesone]

I am proud of your great country. I’m am American who loves Britain and its noble people. Your country is great, brave, and a genuine force for good. Hurrah for England.

[@gailaspinall1688]

There'll ALWAYS be an England!

[@noahfitrie]

Rest in peace. Vera Lynn. Thank you for your contribution for the sake of Allies with your songs. From Malaysia with love.

[@BBW5342able]

How can any true Englishman not like this stirring rendition,sang with such passion by the lovely Vera Lynn! It mystifies me.

[@BBW5342able]

Yes I agree totally.If we say England is too multi-cultural or that muslims in particular look out of place culturally or even dress-wise,we are branded racist.We speak the truth which millions believe-I don't think it's racialist to point out that most muslims do not want to integrate into the community.They don't want to understand our culture,history and tradition.This is why such songs as' Land of Hope and Glory' will never resonate with any muslim,first generation,second and so forth, because they can't understand the background as to the meaning of such songs to a true Englishman.The fact is we have too many muslims in this once-proud country.

[@BBW5342able]

Yep-you're not wrong!

[@BBW5342able]

so very true

[@TedWms521]

A great melody and passionately sung by the great Vera Lynn, but "God who made thee mighty make thee mightier yet"? Are you kidding? We've had enough might-driven nationalism to last until eternity doubles back on itself.

[@BBW5342able]

I know what you're saying.The German national anthem however,,especially the rarely sung and least translated second and third verses,are hardly an image of peace and remember this is still that country's anthem,evoking memories of Hitler and the Nazis,as it does.

[@briancritchley498]

Simply beautiful,

[@raymondsnape4003]

Vera Lynn singing my favourite patriotic song..Her songs will last for generations, we should cherish our country and stand up against the thugs, bullies trying to bring our nation down. God bless Vera Lynn, may she Rest in Peace. God Bless Great Britain..×.

[@jd.morales1183]

My dad was in the RAF and saw Vera live several times. He never forgot the hope she gave to all the people even in the very bad times. God bless her.

[@gailaspinall1688]

My Dad was in the RCAF during WW2, & yes...he was stationed in Britain for a while.

[@clamagoredon1]

Those of us who lived those days find most of the sand in the hourglass bottom. VL's music assures when the upper glass is diminished, we will not be forgotten.

[@yahoobolt]

im young and didnt see her perform in her youth but i am so amazed with this singer. how blessed are those years u have this noble minds and songs. my parents generation is worth extolling.

[@vvv1718]

This is some kind of words...thank you sir, the memories of your generation shall live forever in ours and we will make sure they will live on through the next generations...

[@johnwalsh3635]

Don Ulmer Much respect to you.

[@trueeyesrealisetruelies.8793]

You will always be what made us so great......Thankyou sir.💕

[@carrtex]

Son will never set in Britain. God bless

[@mattoniy2840]

I want to be allowed to be proud and patriotic again without losing my job! I have love for all people

[@eugenefromaustralia4644]

A sad sad day indeed. Thank you Vera, memories forever.

[@southernguy35]

Wow, what a bright and shining voice she had. This was 1962. There would be three more years before a crown would be issued to commemorate the celebration of Churchill's life. Vera Lynn, Queen Elisabeth later The Queen Mother, the King and Churchill came to extol the generation called upon to give up so much. This voice was one that multi generations may not have known the name but recognized it non the less. Standing for this song, let us never forget the power of the voice, the song and the one who brilliantly sang this Elgar composition.

[@viguinn1]

I Love Vera Lynn. Since I was a little boy. She is just Lovely. I'm an American and a WWII Collector and Historian. She is a Legend and she was a huge and positive influence on the English War effort in the Second World War. God Bless Her.

[@roberteaston6413]

I think every Canadian soldier stationed in England during WW 2 was in love with Vera Lynn. To them she was a goddess.

[@seanmay6878]

And Scotland and Wales and not forgetting N Ireland it was the united kingdom not England

[@ewaffle]

Love her voice--big mezzo with an easy top and low notes to burn. . She toured constantly during WWII--not just England but Burma, Egypt basically everywhere there were British Forces. Amazing person.

[@robertirving5891]

I am Australian and very proud of our British heritage.

[@user-ng7hd9dy7k]

I studied in the UK over 20 years ago. That time I was a mearly humble international student. But Even if I was a humble study itself in the UK made me very happy.so I studied very hard. After study I came back to my country. Im small factory owner now. My business is going well and going well and even if I getting age but my memory in London UK is more clear. I never forget my lovely college and friends sbd and many lecturers. Thanks UK governnent and British peoples.

[@nerdywill3188]

Makes you proud to be British, even if you aren't!

[@e.schmidt7165]

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[@williamwdg6870]

William Shook aA

[@idontknowwhatiamdoinganymo1615]

I'm part British and part French and can say whenever someone plays Vera Lynn victory is guaranteed.

[@richardsimplon8772]

Irish people are not proud!!!

[@fareshajjar1208]

England is all but destroyed. It will be a Muslim country within 30 years. The Leftists did what Hitler could not, through massive immigration (invasion). Drive through the countryside and you will see hundreds...HUNDREDS of Mosques being built everywhere. Demographics do not lie despite the fact that news media certainly does and will try to hide these facts from you. England is lost forever. Thank a Leftist.

[@DiscoDrew]

This is number 1 in iTunes and Amazon U.K. charts. Let’s help keep it there 🇬🇧

[@mabel8880]

I'm from Singapore and I love the UK! God save the Queen and long live the UK! I love Vera Lynn as well.

[@thecommissaruk]

Bless you Vera - As the woke cancer in society try to get this song banned from the Proms for being “racist”. May God who made us mighty make us mightier yet to fight this nonsense!

[@badkneesone]

Robert at least one American agrees with you...me!

[@leemclaury6251]

Another American agrees with you too

[@valcollins4943]

@@leemclaury6251 ☺😊☺

[@valcollins4943]

@@badkneesone ☺😊☺

[@davidgsrichards]

@Templar Royston Of Vasey What you have said is extreamly rude and your spelling is attrocious; however you are spot on.

[@Gerald3262]

Thank you for The Pomp and Circumstance of the Glorious days. They were full of Hope and Glory.

[@bborny]

Anytime I hear her sing, I tear up. Magnificant.

[@canzukcommonwealth7309]

Keep downloading guys! Keep her at number one let’s force the bbc to broadcast it on Sunday!

[@lucytvlucytv9416]

I never realised what a beautiful strong voice Vera Lynn had. Thank you Vera, you bring tears to my eyes every time I hear you sing.