Prior to my attempt at destroying “We’ll Meet Again” with my “Wheel Vera Lynn” lyric…
…I had a go at the old classic in the matter of Dutch veal a few months earlier.
I think this might have been used briefly. Certainly the Wheel Vera Lynn one was a big NewsRevue hit.
I subsequently met William Waldegrave en passant occasionally; he and his family lived locally in those days and were big fans of the Park Inn restaurant. If May had a function there, the Waldegraves tended to show.
VEAL MEAT AGAIN
(To the Tune of “We’ll Meet Again”)INTRO – CALVES
Let’s say goodbye with a smile, calves,
Just for a while, calves,
We’re en route.
Don’t let departing distress you,
We’ll all impress you,
En croute.CHORUS 1 – WILLIE WALDEGRAVE
Veal meet again,
Don’t know where don’t know when,
But I’ll sell veal meat again some market place.
Keep them in stew, while they’re rare or they’re blue,
I’ll pretend I think the Dutch are a disgrace.MIDDLE EIGHT – STILL THE IDIOT WALDEGRAVE
So will you calves all be brave for Will’yim Wald’grave,
With Dutch courage and spice;
Please don’t stay looking puce, lilly liver’s no use,
It might depress your price.CHORUS 2 – CALVES
Veal meat again,
On a Dutch boat and train;
And you know we’ll be in pain,
Stuck in a crate.MIDDLE EIGHT – BACK TO WILLIE
So will you go to yer grave cursing me, Waldegrave,
Selling you down the shops;
You’ll be happy I know, that you all got to go,
And be veal escalopes.CHORUS 3 – CALVES
Veal meat again,
Shipped back by boat and train,
Cos you know we’ll meet again,
On British plates.
Here is Vera Lynn singing We’ll Meet Again with the lyrics on the screen: