"We Don't Know Where We're Going (Until We're There!)" is a popular song written by

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composer

Noel Gay Reginald Moxon Armitage (15 July 1898 – 4 March 1954) known professionally as Noel Gay. was a British composer of popular music of the 1930s and 1940s whose output comprised 45 songs as well as the music for 28 films and 26 London shows. She ...

and lyricist Ralph Butler, and published in 1944. It was introduced by

Tommy Handley Thomas Reginald Handley (17 January 1892 – 9 January 1949) was an English comedian, best known for the BBC radio programme ''It's That Man Again'' ("''ITMA''") which ran between 1939 and 1949. Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, Handley went on th ...

on the

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show ''

ITMA ''It's That Man Again'' (commonly contracted to ''ITMA'') was a BBC radio comedy programme which ran for twelve series from 1939 to 1949. The shows featured Tommy Handley in the central role, a fast-talking figure, around whom the other ch ...

'', and became popular among evacuees. The song was later used to great effect during war scenes in the 1975 movie ''

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References

1944 songs Songs with music by Noel Gay Songs with lyrics by Ralph Butler {{1940s-song-stub