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With the White Cliffs of Dover forming the backdrop to one of the country's most moving wartime anthems, there could be no better place to pay homage to the singing sensation behind it, Dame Vera Lynn, who died on Thursday.
The ballad's chorus: "There'll be bluebirds over, the White Cliffs of Dover, tomorrow, just you wait and see" was beamed onto the iconic cliffs tonight in tribute to the forces' sweetheart who died aged 103.
KMTV reports on the tribue
Permission was given by White Cliffs Countryside Partnership to allow the eulogy to be projected onto the cliff face from its Samphire Hoe Country Park - roughly 600m away.
Medway-based creative company, Kent Media Group, was commissioned by KM Media Group - which runs KentOnline - to set up the project.
Jack Wilson, from Kent Media Group, said the company used two lasers to help project Dame Vera’s lyrics onto the cliff side.
Mr Wilson said: "She was a British icon and these last few months her lyrics have really been brought to life, especially 'We’ll meet again'.
"We projected the NHS logo over the river at Rochester recently and this was too good an opportunity to turn down.
"We’re really proud we were asked to do this. It’s a lovely way to send her off."
The song was composed in 1941 by Walter Kent to lyrics by Nat Burton but was made famous in Vera Lynn's 1942 version.
It was among the most popular Second World War tunes.
Tonight's event is not the first time something has been projected onto the famous cliffs.
In October 2019, a company beamed the number of days until Brexit on to the White Cliffs of Dover in the form of a countdown.
In May this year the Prime Minister's face lit up the cliffs in a protest message over the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis.
The White Cliffs of Dover, lyrics in full:
There'll be bluebirds over
The white cliffs of Dover
Tomorrow
Just you wait and see
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 though I'm far away
I still can hear them say
Bombs up...
But when the dawn comes up
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
