This song was written for a Broadway musical, "Right this Way," in 1938. The play and the song were soon forgotten. The song was resurrected in a movie in 1944 by the same name. This attracted the attention of Bing, who recorded "I'll Be Seeing You" Feb. 17, 1944. The timing was right. Wartime nostalgia pushed the recording onto the charts two months later, where it stayed for 24 weeks, topping the charts for 4 weeks. At the same time a 1940 recording of the song by Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey was dusted off and reissued, and charted as high as #4.
I'll be seeing you in all the old familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces all day through
In that small café, the park across the way
The children's carousel, the chestnut trees, the wishing well
I'll be seeing you in every lovely summer's day
In everything that's light and gay
I'll always think of you that way
I'll find you in the mornin' sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you
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I'll find you in the mornin' sun
And when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon
But I'll be seeing you