I'll Be Seeing You
Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra Lyrics

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I'll be seeing you
In all the old, familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces
All day through

In that small cafe
The park across the way
The children's carousel

The chestnut tree
The wishing well

I'll be seeing you
In every lovely, summer's day
And everything that's bright and gay
I'll always think of you that way
I'll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new

I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Jo Stafford and Paul Weston and His Orchestra's song "I'll Be Seeing You" express the sentiment that even though the singer and her loved one may be separated, they will always be connected and present in various familiar places, memories, and everyday moments. The line "All day through" emphasizes the pervasive nature of this love, and how it permeates the singer's daily life. The specific places she mentions - a cafe, a park, a carousel, a tree, and a well - all evoke a certain nostalgic feeling, as if they hold specific memories that the singer associates with her loved one.

The second verse furthers this sentiment by stating that the love between them will be present in "every lovely, summer's day" and "everything that's bright and gay." The final lines of the song suggest that even when the singer is looking at the moon, she'll still see her loved one's face. This song is an ode to enduring love and how even when separated, the memories and moments shared between two people can continue to bring them together.

Line by Line Meaning

I'll be seeing you
I will continue to think of you and remember you fondly.

In all the old, familiar places
I will recall all of the familiar settings where we spent time together.

That this heart of mine embraces
These locations are dear to me and hold special memories in my heart.

All day through
I will remember you constantly, throughout the day.

In that small cafe
I will think of our shared moments in that cozy coffee shop.

The park across the way
I will remember our summer picnics and strolls in that nearby park.

The children's carousel
I will recall the merry-go-round and the joy it brought to us and the children.

The chestnut tree
I will think back on the shade of the chestnut tree under which we would sit and chat.

The wishing well
I will reminisce on the times we spent by the wishing well, making wishes and dreaming together.

In every lovely, summer's day
I will think of you on every beautiful and sunny day, particularly during the summer that we shared.

And everything that's bright and gay
Every happy and joyful thing will remind me of you.

I'll always think of you that way
I will always remember you to be bright, joyful and full of life.

I'll find you in the morning sun
I will feel your presence in the gentle warmth of the rising sun.

And when the night is new
In the fresh night air, I will recall your kind and loving presence.

I'll be looking at the moon
As I gaze upon the moon, I will think of you and the memories we shared under the starry sky.

But I'll be seeing you
All of these thoughts and recollections will remind me of you and the love that we once shared.

Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
Written by: IRVING KAHAL, SAMMY FAIN

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Comments from YouTube:

@equinecanary

11y↑243

Thank you Ken for sharing this. I am Jo's daughter, Amy and I love reading all of these stories about how she helped all the men serving our country!!

@moiracallaghan145

2y↑6

Beautiful singer. Are you a singer too?

@equinecanary

2y↑26

@@moiracallaghan145 Yes I am. Mostly retired now (I'll be 66 on 3/1) Both of my Daughters also got the gift of Mom's beautiful voice

@moiracallaghan145

2y↑10

@@equinecanary That's wonderful for you all to have that gift and legacy. (Unfortunately, although both of my parents could sing, I can't! ) I hope you have have enjoyed your career. Thank you for your kind reply.

@johnsmith-bo8mh

2y↑19

Amy Weston-Wells your mother was and still is a national treasure

@wolfhaven9312

2y↑5

@@equinecanary she was an amazing singer.
My grampa loved her music and her voice.
I love music but sadly can't carry a tune!
It is a rare and wonderful talent to be able to sing.

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@thomasmcardle620

3y↑47

My wife died three days ago. This was the song I used to communicate my feelings of loss and my hope for a future reunion in heaven. My wife was an extraordinarily beautiful woman, both inside and outside, and she deserved to hear the most beautiful voice and lyrics as she left this earth.

@glennp5544

3y↑2

I am so sorry for your loss. I know this version touches many and hope it brought a little comfort during this heart wrenching time.

@thomasmcardle620

3y↑5

@@glennp5544 I have long considered Jo Stafford to be the finest female singer who ever lived, and I listen to her frequently. I always wanted the best for my gorgeous and saintly wife of the past 53 years, and Jo is simply the best. I first heard Jo sing some 70 years ago. She was the best then and she still is. I thank all those who have made listening to her now so easy.

@christinamarti4441

12w

You’ll see her again I’m positive I guarantee it I had a near death experience ☘️🙏♥️🦋😇

@thomasmcardle620

12w

@@christinamarti4441 Thanks. I believe you. I am a firm believer in God, Heaven, and our immortal souls. My wife was the closest thing to a saint that I will ever meet on this earth, so I know she is in Heaven. We were married for 54 years, but she was 100% disabled by a stroke at age 56 in 2002, so I took care of her at home for the next 19 years. Tomorrow, February 5, 2024, is the 3rd anniversary of her death. I know that one day I will be seeing her again.

@mitchgrube2480

6y↑55

This should be the standard for todays singers to strive for. Not rehearsed--not autotuned--not choreographed--but natural and authentic with all the emotion genuine. PURE MAGIC !!

@ilenelewis4723

15w

Can't wait until the next song

@jazzlovr

8y↑11

For my grandmother who just passed at the age of 99. I love you ever so much. Rip. I will be seeing you.

@candaceserviss1825

8y↑3

You will see her again.

@tcsjude50

Alicia Fullbright

@tcsjude50

7y↑3

my mom died 2 years ago. she loved this song, so it was played at her funeral.
It was played in the movie "Shining Through", which happened to be mom and my favorite movie. whenever I hear it , I think of mom.

@billydolan7743

6y↑2

She sang this song with all her heart so beautiful . I play it every day. It,s a real tear jerker.

@mahoneytechnologies657

21w↑3

There is no one that can sing like this today! Jo was my Mother’s favorite singer, I was born in 1945, I still remember Mom and I listening Jo on the radio. My mother was also called Jo or sometimes Jose, for Josephine, when I hear Jo sing I am with my Mother Again, Thank You!

@TheCarnivalguy

5y↑4

So one day while going through some of my mom's old photos (she was born in 1924) I came across one of her and a G. I. He was headed overseas so it was early '40s. I asked her about the guy and she replied, "That was a boy I used to know". I asked what happened to him, sensing they were a couple at the time. She replied with melancholy, "He didn't come back". I never found out the guy's name, but I hope he left the States knowing mom really cared about him.

@plaine59

11y↑2

There is not a sound in my house(as I am alone) and the enjoyment of this moment from the past is beyond description. I just lost someone very dear to me and because of this beautiful song by jo staford for just a moment I captured the past... Tks

@485chevys

11y↑15

Jo Stafford is, I think, very under appreciated! Wonderful voice!

@paulakpacente

4y↑66

In my opinion, this is THE BEST version of this song ever recorded.

@novelaargcrbet3108

4y↑3

The vera Lynn version is really good too

@paulakpacente

4y↑3

@@novelaargcrbet3108- True.

@benghussey2820

4y↑3

I quite agree with u 🥰

@cristianmicu

best is billie holiday, second best imo is jimmy durante's , third version rosemary clooney's version

@paulakpacente

2y↑4

@@cristianmicu- Everyone has their own taste.

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@auroraleveroni4497

7y↑1.4K

During WW11 my Navy fiancé left for 2 years in the South Pacific and I waited for him until his return and we were married and after a few months he shipped out again. I wrote him twice a day, a dairy of my life without him and at the end of each letter I would write "I'll Be Seeing You." I knew when landings were being made as he was Beach Master and when I didn't him from him I would pray that he would return safe and sound. Just before the bomb was dropped his transtroop ship was returning to San Francisco where we lived and unbeknownst to me the Navy P.O. at Treasure Island held my letters to him. One evening about midnight my doorbell rang and I knew it was he. As we embraced he handed me 45 of my letters to him. We would have been married 72 years this year and I lost him 28 years ago. Those letters are still unopened and are in a heart-shaped box on a nightstand by my bed.

@caitlinrapley6565

7y↑100

I'm 16 years old and this is the sweetest and most interesting story I have read on here. God bless you x

@waywardwind6000

7y↑30

AURORA, THANK YOU FOR SHARING. HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

@foxvienna1

7y↑29

Wonderful memories!

@auroraleveroni4497

7y↑72

Thank you Wayward Wind---I was married to him for 45 years when I lost him and no one can ever replace him

@auroraleveroni4497

7y↑99

I've said this before and I say it again -- "the body grows old but the heart remembers"

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@lauraumek9490

6y↑18

I love scrolling through the comments and seeing all the stories and memories people share. How beautiful it is that we can all listen to the same song and have different emotions and experiences to reflect on. It shows just how connected and complex humanity is. If you are reading this God bless you! Sending thoughts of love and comfort to you <3

@paulastanding5077

28w

NICE SONG DELIGHTFUL AND AN AMAZING OLD FASHIONED WAY
😃😃😃😃❤❤❤❤❤👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

@ChuckWroste

11y↑2

I'm 70 now, and reflect back on all the ladies that stopped into my life for a while. Betty C., Nancy W., Billie S., Shirley W., and Cindy F. I'll remember you always and thanks for taking the time. Mostly I'll be seeing you as a song that we shared is played. With love.......

@GaryVuorela

7y↑4

This is a Great song,done by Jo Stafford, a wonderful song.peace and love.GARYV.

@TheJessieLink

9y↑5

This is the first time I ever listened to this version, and it was absolutely breathtaking.

@william45357

8y↑22

I am a 90 yr old english ex para and this beautiful singer made our lonely days and nights so much more bearable and her lp GI JO is the best of all her ww11 albums.Thank you so much for giving myself and other vets so much pleasure. bill cook

@OPERA943

+William charles Cook
Bill, thank you for sharing. I'd love to hear your stories. Wow!!! You still have your joy. So many young people are dead at 30 waiting to be burried at 80. Pls. stick around, and thanks again. Bijoux

@william45357

+Bijou Austin . Hi there,yes I love hearing the old songs sung by good singers. I was a member of the late Dick Haymes club and with ol blue eyes they keep me going. It is people like you sharing these wonderful songs that keep our memories alive. I certainly will stick around as long as I can and great that you appreciate us. Where were you born please?

@RogerBarraud

+William charles Cook Hearty Antipodean Salute to you, Sir!

@OPERA943

8y↑1

+William charles Cook Hello Sir, I was born in the Phil., but moved to Europe and eventually the U.S. My dad exposed us to listening to old songs. My Mom loved classical music/Opera. Whenever I hear old songs, It brings me back to my childhood. Pls. keep in touch. Thank you for asking. B

@william45357

+Bijou Austin I can remember in the early forties, together with my parents and sisters, during the air-raids over london, we were huddled together in our "anderson shelter" in our back garden and there w.e listened on our short wave radio to the american station playing "tommy dorsey and the pied pipers with Jo stafford, what great memories.I also recall that the great film star Tyrone Power came over to london and appeared at our local cinema during an air-raid.

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@prettyeyes1752

11y↑1

I am 65 the war years produced a hell of a generation, we will forever be the babyboomers because of songs like this and our Men going off to War my mom told me this song was the ICON that ment your going away but I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places this was THE LOVE SONG OF THE 40's and the babies produced during that era will never be forgottne for all of the Worldly expressions,songs,and statments made it is in our DNA from our parents of the 40's

@calvin777100

11y↑20

Jo really left her name forever stamped in time when she recorded this song. I have heard many versions by other artists. Rosemary Clooney has a very nice version. But this version by Jo is THE CLASSIC. Whoever did the arrangement of music for this recording did A++ work. It is SO ELEGANT and smooth. When I hear this song I visualize Jo as she is in this photo bathed in moonlight singing this piece. I LOVE her for making this song.

@fdobbs37

2y↑8

One of the best songs ever written and definitely the best version. What a voice!

@plaine59

6y↑2

voice.. of an Angel.. Tks

@calvinjackson538

7y↑5

This to me is the BEST version of this song I have heard. JO STAFFORD with all my love for this song of 1944. What an elegant photo of her. She look like a woman of the 1940's era. When I see the full moon I envision this photo of her and this song.

@fernhill36

7y↑4

I grew up during WW2 and remember all these beautiful songs and singers. I remember hearing this for the first time when I was 8 yrs.old and have never forgotten it.Thanks for all the uploads

@vernon2384

5y↑13

I've loved this song ever since I was a little boy, I'm now 79 years old, and it's still one of my favorite songs, it relays the heartfelt message so many people went through in those heartbreaking times. I lost my father to the German army in 1944.

@hanzon1529

4y↑1

So glad I was born in that era when songs and singers like this were popular. Of course the songs produced these days too are considered great by the ones born more recently. And so they enjoy too. The Universe is truly compassionate and understanding!!

@hanzon1529

@Wagner PD Dont't know whether this will fill you with disappointment or relief but the answer is no.🙂

@paulwallis8437

8y↑3

A Gorgeous song. It could not have been sung more beautifully. A classic.

@robertcarter584

7y↑5

I sit here now an old man listening to Jo Stafford and think of my parents 60 and more years ago and when I look at the moon Ido see them such memories !!!!

@enikkan

10y↑3

what a lady, and what elegant era,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

@calvinjackson538

6y↑1

Nobody but NOBODY can match this version by Jo. She nailed this song. Man! this woman make be bawl like a baby with this number.

@carlrudd1858

9y↑171

Jo Stafford...the greatest female vocalist of the 20th Century. There. I said it. I love her.

@jamesniland5757

Carl Rud

@cynaraslover

5y↑5

No argument here. I am 68 and grew up listening to my father's Jo Stafford records. She was absolutely "sui generis," and nobody today compares to her.

@speakwell.840

5y↑2

Couldn't agree more.

@murph3001

4y↑1

You could win that argument

@edgarjohns6559

4y↑2

@WarPaint 47 No One Nothing Can Compare. I' m Tearing up Here.

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@roseannbacher-giallombardo4075

8y↑3

Each day is precious, never waste it! Thanks for the memories :)

@dimar7641

7y↑8

This is the BEST version of this song..... simple and lovely !!

@raypeters4525

3y↑1

I REMEMBER LISTENING TO THIS SONG ON THE RADIO WITH MY MOMMY, I WAS SIX AND DADDY WAS IN THE ARMY . IT REALLY BRINGS BACK OLD AND GOOD MOMORIES, DADDY WAS HOME BY 1945. HOW VERY NOSTALGIC !

@patricktraynor6587

7y↑6

another great song jo stafford was a fantastic singer

@lisabrooks8092

8y↑4

She was my father's favorite singer too. I remember he had "You Belong to Me/In the Still of the Night" on an old 78rpm. She was probably the most popular singer of my parents' courtship years. I love her too--probably part of my DNA but most certainly a result of my Dad imparting good musical taste to me during my childhood.

@diggerpde

9y↑180

I'V BEEN DREAMING ALL DAY TODAY AND THEN I COME ACROSS THESE BEAUTIFUL SONGS. AT 79 I STILL DREAM OF THE DAYS GONE BY! I SURE AM LUCKY. THANKS GUYS!

@patsilandherr7822

9y↑4

Hope you are sharing this beautiful song with someone. :)

@diggerpde

9y↑9

***** THEY SURE ARE BEAUTIFUL SONGS!

@jerriannshepard5585

6y↑2

Dream on! No age limits!!

@speakwell.840

Me too!

@indyvic

9y↑2

Jo does justice to this great song. Touching the hearts of millions for decades. We all have that special place that reminds of those we have loved now departed. Nice Post.

@calvin777100

9y↑1

The world of the 1940's! When music sounded like this. What a grand and lovely picture of Jo as she was when she sang this song in 1944. How grand and elegant she appears as her version of this classic is playing. This is real CLASS and style. This is what I heard when I was 5 years old and my mother had the radio on playing. This makes me think of my mom and dad and makes me want to have seen the 1940's! When women wore clothes like this and looked like a movie star and would sing like this and made your heart and soul cry!

@palasolexveritas1723

9y↑4

For as long as one affectionately remembers another in his heart - the seeds of love will always blossom and someday flower. So that when we see our soul-mate again, the flowers will bloom!

@elainesaprito3057

11y↑3

this was one of our songs...my late hubby and I. we met as young teens in the 50's. ended up married w 3 kids. I still remember this song, like it was yesterday. Thank you so very much for sharing this song with us..

@bonsaipal

7y↑1

My beloved parents were both WW2 veterans, serving in the Navy. My Dad loved music and had a good singing voice. This was one of their favorites. How I miss both of them....Soooo much

@marjoriepowell9433

8y↑1

This song and Jo Stafford's rendition is so beautiful it makes my heart hurt…...

@denamillman709

10y↑3

Ultimate sad song, remembering lost love. The lamenting, melancholy voice she has... there's no one else who sang like her. I listen and burst out in tears immediately.

@leerdee

9y↑3

My mom use to sing this to me as a child. She has passed at 87. Now my daughter carries her gift and is a professional lyric soprao. I still cry when I hear this song. Thanks mom. I love you and thanks for passing your musical gift to my daughter. Jo stafford. What a legend. You have touched many of us with your music and choice of song. Bless you and your family. Thank you again for touching my heart and soul and carrying on your legend to me and my family and especially my daughter Jinon. Much appreciation.

@nochum4me

11y↑1

my mom and dads song..my mom just passed..dad passed in 1986...now it;s my song. Happy Mothers Day, Mom.....in heaven....i love you

@aresee8208

24w↑2

It heartens me that this video has as many views as it does. It's not a billion views, but it is not being forgotten, either.

@trysometenderness7466

5y↑6

I'm 59 but when I hear this song I always imagine the men and women in uniform during ww2 listening to this overseas and how it made them long for their sweethearts. The greatest generation...no argument from me on that.

@kidcharlemagne7238

8y↑4

What a perfect Dame and she lived to a ripe old age, God Bless y all out there in this dark time !!

@ChuckWroste

11y↑1

In my 70 years, a number of ladies have passed my way, and to each of them I say thanks and be assured that I hold your memory in a dear place in my heart. I will be seeing you in all those places. Of the many versions of this song that are out there, all are good but this is the best!

@marianchacon5289

4y↑6

Absolutely a most beautiful rendition of passion, emotion, + love.
I CAN'T express how lovely she would sing.
Reminds me of my husband. Everywhere I go I think of him, he is in heaven. I think of him everyday. TQ

@theodoreworozbyt747

8y↑6

I THINK OF MY MOTHER WAITING FOR MY FATHER TO RETURN FROM WW2 ! One of my top 25 of ALL TIME ! teddy

@fiftiesftreak

8y↑3

Listening to this, takes me back to when my parents were young, long time gone now but how I wish I could go back. Quite tearful now!

@norrisestelle

11y↑9

My favorite version of this Beautiful song. Jo holds her notes so wonderfully.

@gordonfalconer9108

4y↑5

Charlie Provence, you are so right. I can't think of anyone who could sing it like Jo Stafford did. She must have had someone in mind to whom she was singing.......filled with thought filled emotion. At this moment I!m thinking Paris,which the lyrics seem to suggest, and of my sweetheart wife who was at my side with me there. She's gone now, and after three years I still cry. We had just finished 62 years of a wonderful marriage. I guess I'm writing this in tribute to my darling, Carol, and with certainty that I'll be seeing her again.

@bpavlik7114

7y↑4

simply beautiful... I like the song very much and the singer as well...

@nmvince42

9y↑4

Born in 1942 and my mom had the radio on constantly, I guess to get war reports for her brothers. I think this song and others of that era were imprinted on my brain. Love them as they bring me back to a more innocent time in my life.

@johnrobinson9037

7y↑1

Yet another Wartime 'V' Disc! Wonderfully Sung!
John Robinson.

@anthonycook8703

9y↑2

'love Jo Stafford, love her voice and the soul she puts into her songs. She was before my time (I'm only 68yo) but my mum listened to radio programs that played her songs - Tennessee Waltz, Make Love to Me, Long Ago & Far Away, You Belong to Me, umm, oh yeah, Shrimp Boats.

@stuartashbourne-martin9629

7y↑7

Mother died 38 years today I was only 17 but but my adoptive parents guide me and grounding in decent music Jo Stafford Judy Garland fantastic thank you crying now

@kulaskagascas6820

7y↑3

This evokes the great heroism of those who had to leave loved ones behind to answer the call of duty in a war so distressful and at the same time so heroic. Only the great talent of Jo Stafford could do justice to the drama of those times.

@maramoma

7y↑1

Indeed!

@ohiojib

11y↑1

HOW TOUCHING...YOU MUST HAVE WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF HER...AND, AS THE SONG TITLE SAYS...YOU'LL BE SEEING HER...SOME DAY...KEEP CHERISHING EACH DAY YOU HAVE

@Ozone280

5y↑1

One of the saddest songs I know. Sung to perfection by a woman with a perfect voice.

@Coupal1

8y↑5

One of the most sublime voices to come out of the big band era. So much feeling.

@ramonpascual3374

7y↑2

The best in music.

The music gone with the forties......

Jo for ever.

Thank you Jo

@shaunmckinne2850

The era of the Great American Songbook will never be surpassed in the ages to come. The sentimental thoughts and elegant melodies are in a class of their own. Thank you Jo for your master interpretations of these gems.

@calvin777100

9y↑4

Angelic and beautiful, that's Jo Stafford doing this classic. LOVE IT, no matter how many times I hear it, it leaves me spellbound.

@kofthebaskervilles

6y↑6

There just are'nt any singers like this these days. People like Jo Stafford are
so good that their tunes bypass our defenses and reach our souls direct.
I'm very greatfull that we still have these tunes to sustain us. What an amazing
talent she was.

@Kairos318

4y↑1

If this doesn't bring a tear to your eye, you aren't human.

@RETROGEMS

11y↑1

You're a hero and I admire your generation so greatly. Thank you for your service.

@meganjones2954

6y↑6

What a fantastic and precious story. God Bless you.

@silverdub2545

9y↑3

Simply brilliant performance......really stands the test of time

@petershaw80

5y↑2

I think she had the most expressive voice. And also a lovely lady.

@marietoscano8592

4y↑1

My favorite female singer when I graduated Memorial High School in 1946. The war ended an the soldiers were on their way home.This song was the best and Jo Stafford I'll Be Seeing You

@Living796

5y↑7

When my dad was away at war it was so stressful for him and my mom. This was “their” song, and at the end of each of their lives they asked me to play it for them. 64 years of marriage! Joe Tapia King (1923-2015) and Nellie Louise Brown (1926-2009).

@ChuckWroste

9y↑42

At 72, I look back on all those who affected my life. A song, a picture, a favorite t-shirt, all bring back a memory of a moment when the connection was perfect, sitting on a porch, dining in a restaurant, a dance. Jo singing this song brings them all into focus. This is as good as it can be done. Thank you Jo for making the moment live again.

@jimmyhaley7773

9y↑4

and me too,,,an ole USN vet

@johndonohoe7281

The music was so grand and romantic during the 40's the decade of my birth. Really sitting here, and just enjoying these songs of an era long gone. Thank youl

@maryr3803

11y↑1

ONE OF THE BEST VOICES OF THE 50 s WHEN I USED TO LISTEN TO MY RADIO THEY NEVER GET OLD....LOVELY...!!!!

@cmprovince

8y↑332

It's been said over and over, but the truth is . . . they really don't write songs like this any more.

@OPERA943

8y↑17

+Charles Province
No, they don't. I was born outside the U.S. Thank God my dad exposed us to this kind of music.

@angelacarleton9575

5y↑1

There are a few but far in between.

@RealistNo1

5y↑8

Today, Romance is seen as stupid. No one knows the beauty of Romance as they once did.

@edmondmcdowell9690

4y↑2

You ain't kidding.

@magirusdeutzjupiter2234

4y↑3

Because they do not know what is true love and devotion as they used to. Todays generation is so fake compared to those golden years.

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@sweetytwome2

8y↑18

joan Stafford, i'll bet only a few people have even knew of her. I haven't heard her name for years. but god she was a wonderful singer. and this song is so touching. you can't help but feel sadness when you hear it. I just happened to find this song right now. glad I did. all the by gone singers just don't get played or even thought of. too bad. lots talent from the old days.

@ArthurKaletzky

8y↑7

+sweetytwome2 Mel Torme, who knew a thing or 2 about voice, called Jo the most on-pitch singer ever.

@platoon108

8y↑2

sweetytworne2--I am thinking that if you were born after 1970 you would never have heard of Jo Stafford. The sadness I feel when I hear her sweet, smooth, sincere voice is for the GI's that loved her for her American Beautiful presence, and never came home. Perhaps no one can know the power she had to comfort our WWII GIs..

@platoon108

8y↑1

Mr. Kaletzky--I am enjoying your comment about Mel Torme's take on Jo Stafford. I thought Mel Torme was a dedicated hard working good performing singer.

@robertovens9372

3y↑2

Good Grief! what a wonderful singer Jo was,such a pleasure to listen to,superb!!absolutely stunning!

@stephenstephen1505

6y↑2

These lovely old songs. Wonderful, moving lyrics sung with sincerity by a great performer

@KeithOtisEdwards

2y↑8

What I admire about Jo Stafford is not only does she sing beautifully on pitch, she does not use a ghastly wide vibrato like so many lesser singers (e.g., Liza Minelli).

@joe4884

10y↑27

I remember going to my favorate diner in Fitchburg at night just to put a nickel in the jute box to hear Jo Stafford sing this. What a voice she had .I fell in love with her.

@pithair1

10y↑8

this was written for the boys over seas. But it breaks my heart every listening for a loved one that has passed. G.I. Jo was the real deal

@williamlrobinson6293

6y↑2

I was dancing to this tune in my freshman year of high school. For me, this music lives on forever.

@prettyeyes1752

11y↑1

That is why the babyboomder arrived because of these type of Love songs the men going away to War at that time We are the Generation that will never be FORGOTTEN thanks JO my mom was waiting for my dad to come home listening to your voice

@elizabethstorm1426

8y↑19

God bless and be with you and your parents. I lost my mother when I was 13: she died at my feet.

She used to sing this song. (She was a night singer in some "SpeakEasy's" when she was a teenager. She married my father and bore three children. She died suddenly of a heart attack in 1973.

But when I look at the moon, I still see her.

@candaceserviss1825

8y↑2

So sorry for your loss...I see my Mom and my husband in the sunset. God Bless

@carolkemp695

7y↑3

Such a lovely voice and the words will mean so much to so many. Great song.

@sn00gums

5y↑2

I'll be looking at the moon and I'll be seeing you. Gosh, Jo Stafford and this song just make me sigh. So extraordinary.

@davidmoore2325

Hello ,how are you ,how is the weather today?

@lerebs

9y↑2

Jo Stafford could sing the phone book and make it sound wonderful. She has been a favorite of mine since I was a boy and I am 77 years old.

@rchman100

5y↑3

I never tire of this woman singing this song. She was truly one of the very, very best of her genre. A haunting voice that could bring up some strong emotions. They really don't make 'em like this anymore.

@bks1979

6y↑3

I don't know what version would have been my father's favorite but this had to be there. He was a paratrooper in ww2 and part of the 504th from 1942 to 1944. He saw action in S. Africa ,Italy and Germany. I miss him dearly and so does my mother she is now 93.

@exjazzer

6y↑1

One of my favorite tunes and vocalists.

@gacj2010

10y↑2

what a beautiful sound that tells of the sorrow of missing someone ... this is exactly what people do and think when they are away from someone they love so so much,,,even a departed one as is my sorrow

@larrycarmody8325

3y↑3

Jo Stafford is elegant & sings like an Angel.

@mikaeladuckworth6563

3y↑7

The most unique and dreamy and subtle of all the voices of her era.

@estherchandy6292

8y↑2

I have never heard such a beautiful pensive voice ...tears to my eyes

@jeffwalker3006

8y↑2

she reaches deep inside and caresses your heart to believe in the human spirit once again.

@jimmhughey1006

9y↑17

Beautiful! This was a time when people took the time to just enjoy the beauty of voice, nature, love, music and more. Jo Stafford helped nations through turbulent times.

@ahardrain

11y↑4

I am just like you my friend, from Chuck Berry to David Bowie but Jo's voice and those of her era, remind me what a great time of life to have been alive and experiencing.

@ohiojib

11y↑1

HAVE TO BE SO PROUD OF YOUR MOM SINCE SHE MOST CERTAINLY WAS SUCH A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE WORLD WAR II ERA. such comfort she must of given our troops and their lovers and wives at home to listen to her beautifully sung romantic songs. she was absolutely beautiful as well. god bless.

@davidgarcia3597

Wow what a beautiful voice, really, it brought tears to my eyes, and I'm only 55 years old. Love this era of music. God bless them...

@patriciazinkosimcoe-rosenb6440

8y↑16

I will always remember my mom shedding tears when this song was played ... the last time only weeks before she passed into heaven and the comfort of my father's arms. She said it encompassed both his love and the memories of growing up during WW2.

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