"WISH ME LUCK."
The sudden revival of old songs has been strikingly demonstrated by trainloads of soldiers moving from "Somewhere in England" to "Somewhere in France" singing "Tipperary." But the most likely candidate in the new song field for adoption as the "Tipperary" of this war, it is claimed, is "Wish Me Luck as You Wave Me Good-bye," which Gracie Fields sings in her film, "Shipyard Sally." Since the war, the first issue of gramophone records has been sold out. The run on them was comparable with the demand for the Government Blue Book, containing historic documents relating to the events leading up to the war. Here is the refrain from Gracie's song:— Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye, Cheerio, here I go, on my way, Wish nie' luck as you wave me goodbye, With a cheer, not a tear, make it gay. Give me a smile I can keep all the while In my heart while I'm away.* Till we meet once again, you and I . . . Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 107, 2 November 1939, Page 22
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