I'll Walk Alone

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"I'll Walk Alone" is a popular song.

The music was written by Jule Styne, the lyrics by Sammy Cahn. The song was published in 1944.

The song, like others that came out during the World War II years such as "Till Then," reflects the enforced separation of couples caused by the war. While "Till Then" is written from the point of view of the soldier wanting his lover to wait for him, "I'll Walk Alone" is written from the point of view of the stay-at-home lover, promising to be true.

Dinah Shore made the best-known version of this song in the 1940s, and in fact has recorded the song on later occasions as well. Oddly, when the song was revived in the 1950s, it was often done by male singers, with a very popular version being done by Don Cornell.