Thank you for posing this. I am 32 and my mother played this song for me on a regular basis. When I listen to it, it brings back wonderful memories and also makes me tear up as I also lost my mother to Heart Disease and Diabetes in 2007. I cant say how much this means to me as my mother was an angel.
A great song with deep feelings and of course the way Vera Lynn sings it. I came along as a little girl listening and liking this song very much not knowing that in my later years it would have even more special meaning. I now listen to it in remembrance of my precious son who left for his Heavenly Home just before his 12th birthday
My son my son you're everything to me
My son my son you're all I hoped you'd be
My son my son my only pride and joy
God bless and keep you safe
My own my precious boy
For all the care and heartache
Life has brought to me
One precious gift has made it all worthwhile
For heaven blessed and with great joy rewarded me
For I can look and see my own beloved son
My son my son just do the best you can
Then in my heart I'm sure
You'll face life like a man
My pride and joy
My life my boy
My son my son
I got married in 1993 at the age of 31. This was the song my mother and I danced to. Tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of her passing. To say this song has meaning to me is an understatement. I miss her so. R. I. P. Mom I love you and miss you.
Go figure, the number one song in America the day I was born... Perfect for my mother, her birthday is October 19th, I was her birthday present... She is still with us at 95..