Roger Whittaker

Roger Henry Brough Whittaker (22 March 1936 – 13 September 2023) was a British singer-songwriter and musician.

New World in the Morning (1971)
He had since he was twenty I met that man when he was eighty-one He said: "Too many folks just stand And wait until the morning Don't they know, tomorrow never comes"
 * I met a man who had a dream

And he would feel a new tomorrow coming on And when he'd smile his eyes are twinkled up in thought Everybody talks about a new world in the morning New world in the morning never comes. And I don't know why I have to make a song Everybody talks about a new world in the morning New world in the morning takes so long.
 * And I can feel a new tomorrow coming on
 * "New World in the Morning" · video at YouTube

Misattributed
And the taste of war I know so very well Even now I see the foreign flag a-raising Their guns on fire as we sail into hell I have no fear of death, it brings no sorrow But how bitter will be this last farewell For you are beautiful, I have loved you dearly More dearly than the spoken word can tell.
 * I've heard there's a wicked war a-blazing
 * "The Last Farewell" — though made famous as set to the music and vocal performances of Whittaker, the lyrics of this song were written by Ron A. Webster, a silversmith from Birmingham, England. · 1975 performance · 1993 performance