tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14773652.post3641268359936561869..comments2023-09-09T09:43:48.263-04:00Comments on Reading Under the Covers: The Saddest SongBella Standerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09299907503543643337noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14773652.post-84450840721215978022014-03-28T08:18:22.701-04:002014-03-28T08:18:22.701-04:00I was born in England in 1941 and remember my moth...I was born in England in 1941 and remember my mother singing this song just after the war and telling me what it was about. I have never heard it since. I only knew the first verse, which just came into my head, for no reason that I can think of. Since I was on my computer, I looked it up and was amazed to find it here! This takes me straight back to being five years old and having just moved to outer London, where my family came lived, from a very safe and - for me - happy war spent in the country.Joy.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14773652.post-56394434507932014882009-09-26T17:05:11.465-04:002009-09-26T17:05:11.465-04:00Thanks so much for sharing your story, Mr. Archer....Thanks so much for sharing your story, Mr. Archer. It means a lot to hear from someone who lived through that time.Bella Standerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09299907503543643337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14773652.post-42053263230148712322009-09-25T22:29:49.735-04:002009-09-25T22:29:49.735-04:00'My Sister and I' was a WWII song that we ...'My Sister and I' was a WWII song that we often heard on the radio during thst war. In the northeast US, we really feared possible enemy bombings, had nightly black outs, kept sand in buckets in our attics to put out fires from incendiaries while listening to the calls of air raid wardens during the night - we grew up in fear of the night skys. Consequently, the song carried real meaning to my sister and me. Thank God, we were far safer than we believed at the time, and we can always talk about that.<br /><br />Don Archer<br />Ocala, FloridaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14773652.post-92174969294936980332009-03-30T16:47:00.000-04:002009-03-30T16:47:00.000-04:00wow. that's a powerful song. thanks for posting....wow. that's a powerful song. thanks for posting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com