An Airmail Affair

Our Song

De: Terry Spring

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

‘I’ll Be Seeing You’ - a well-known ballad, written in America in the thirties, became world-famous during World War Two. Lyrics by Irving Kahal and music by Sammy Fain, it inspired memories of romantic meetings in cafes and parks and summertime – sunny days and moonlit nights, the song evoked tender memories for lovers through the war and, later, peacetime. Unbeknown to others around the world, so many couples thought of it as their love link - ‘our song’- this series is the first tale of two of them. Genevieve meets Reginald in Sydney, Australia at a forces dance months after peace has been declared. They fall in love as they dance to ‘our song’ – ‘I’ll be seeing you’. A Gunner in the British navy, Reg is helping to ‘mop up’ the supplies and the last of the troops. He is sent back to Yorkshire, England to be ‘demobbed’ despite their blossoming love, and his fervent wish to stay in Sydney. In Halifax, England, life is bleak with food rationing and power outages. Reg and Gen exchange love letters as he tells of his desperation to return to Australia. Around the world, people are being repatriated to their home countries, filling ships and planes. Reg is unable to book any travel and is on a ‘wait-list’. He also has to come clean about something he knows will cause problems in Genevieve’s family. Despite all the odds, he is eventually able to return to Sydney to marry his Australian love.