Faithful friends who are dear to us Gather near to us once more.
In fact, the song, which Garland also released as a single, especially resonated with American troops serving overseas.
Do you think you could jolly up that line for me? Though his professional orchestra-leading career began at the height of the swing era, Faith refined and rethought orchestration techniques, including use of large string sections, to soften and fill out the brass-dominated popular music of the 1940s.