A World War II song from 1941. Words and music by Hy Zaret, Joan Whitney, and Alex Kramer.
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Lyrics
The warm and lovely world we knew
Has been struck by a bitter frost
But my sister and I recall with a sigh
The world we knew, and loved and lost
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My sister and I remember still
A tulip garden by an old Dutch mill
And the home that was all our own until . . .
But we don’t talk about that
My sister and I recall once more
The fishing schooners pulling into shore
And the dogcart we drove in days before . . .
But we don’t talk about that
We’re learning to forget the fear
That came from a troubled sky
We’re almost happy over here
But sometimes we wake at night and cry
My sister and I recall the day
We said goodbye and then we sailed away
And we think of our friends who had to stay . . .
But we don’t talk about that