There’ll Be Bluebirds Over

14 June 2025

There’ll Be Bluebirds Over

Music by Walter Kent to lyrics by Nat Burton

Chorus:

There will be bluebirds over

the white cliffs of Dover

Tomorrow,

just you wait and see . . .

I shall 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 can still hear them say:

“Thumb’s up!”

For when the dawn comes up

There will be bluebirds over

those white cliffs of Dover

Tomorrow,

Just you wait and see . . .

There will be love and laughter

and peace ever after

Tomorrow

When the world is free . . .

The shepherd shall tend his sheep

The valley will bloom again

And little Jimmy will go to sleep

In his own little room again

Tomorrow

When the world is free . . .

I may not be near,

but I have no fear

History will prove it too

When the tale is told

It will be as of old

For truth will always win through;

But be I far or near,

That slogan still I shall hear:

“Thumbs up!”

For when the dawn comes up

There will be bluebirds over

The white cliffs of Dover

Tomorrow,

Let us wait and see.

When night shadows fall,

I shall always recall

Out there across the sea

Twilight falling on my little town;

It’s so fresh in my memory!

I hear each brave mother pray

And to her baby say,

“Don’t cry.”

Here is her lullaby:

There will be bluebirds over

The white cliffs of Dover

Tomorrow

We shall wait and see.

There will be love and laughter

and peace

ever after

Tomorrow

When the world is free.